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Impatient children are also more altruistic| old_uid | 18738 |
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| title | Impatient children are also more altruistic |
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| start_date | 2021/03/11 |
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| schedule | 14h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | Prosociality in humans is a valuable but also deeply puzzling trait. While several studies suggest that prosociality is an instinctive and impulsive behavior, others argue that patience and social norms are necessary to develop prosocial behaviors. Yet, the developmental roots of prosociality and patience have rarely been studied in tandem. Here, we measured patience (i.e. delay-of-gratification task) and prosociality (i.e. giving in a dictator game to a known or unknown partner) in 4-to-6 year-old children. We found that pure (non-reciprocal) prosociality (sharing with an unknown partner) was negatively linked to patience in children, but observed no relationship between patience and reciprocal prosociality (sharing with a familiar partner). In addition, while not observed in impatient children, patient children gave more to a familiar child than to an unfamiliar child. Taken together, our results suggest a developmental transition from impulsive to rational prosociality during mid-childhood |
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| responsibles | Montalan |
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