Altruistic behavior by children.

Abstract

Studies concerning self-sacrificing behavior by children and adolescents are reviewed. The role of behavioral example, reinforcement, and personality characteristics upon donation behavior and interpersonal attraction are examined.

Moral Judgment and Distributive Justice

“…Moral Judgment and Distributive Justice In discussing the development of moral judgment, Piaget (1932) Bryan and London, 1970, for a review), research contrasting more mature forms of justice such as parity and equity has repeatedly failed to produce systematic fmdings (see Walster and Walster, 1975, for a review). The option explored in the present study, therefore, was the analysis of distributive justice development as a function of moral judgment.…”

Benefactor's sex and nurturance need, recipient's dependency, and the effect of number of potential helpers on helping behavior1

“…Most of the previous studies using adults as well as those using children have failed to find consistent sex differences in altruism (Krebs, 1970;Bryan & London, 1970;Gergen et al, 1972). The inconsistency in results across studies regarding the role of sex in helping may be partly attributed to variations in experimental situations as well as to the nature and cost of the helping involved.…”

The effects of violence in childhood1

“…Today, there is lively research activity in the investigation of such other forms of pro-social and positive behaviors as generosity (Rutherford & Mussen, 1968), altruism (Bryan & London, 1970), helping behaviors (Staub, 1970), kindness (Baldwin & Baldwin, 1970), and cooperation (Madsen, 1971).…”