Cooperative behavior in preschool children

Cooperation and sharing behavior among culturally deprived preschool children

“…switch a significantly greater number of times than the n.oncooperative. These data conflict with the results reported by Brotsky & Thomas (1967), wh.o failed to show differences between cooperative and noncooperative responses. In the Brotsky & Thomas (1967) study, althOlgh co.operative responses increased, noncooperative resp.onses also increased.…”

“…These data conflict with the results reported by Brotsky & Thomas (1967), wh.o failed to show differences between cooperative and noncooperative responses. In the Brotsky & Thomas (1967) study, althOlgh co.operative responses increased, noncooperative resp.onses also increased. These data do support the earlier work of Azrin &: Lindsley (1956) who demonstrated the development of a c.ooperative resp.onse in children from 7 to 12 years old.…”

“…Es such as Azrin & Lindsley (1956) and Brotsky & Thomas (1967) have studied cooperative behavior between ehildren in agame situation, but have not studied sharing behavior. Azrin & Lindsley (1956) demonstrated the development of a cooperative response in children from 7 to 12 years old by requiring two children, who were seated facing each other, to place styli in directly opposite holes within .04 sec of each other.…”

“…If successfully completed, a light flashed and a jelly bean dropped into a receptacle between them. Using preschool children, Brotsky & Thomas (1967) attempted to develop a cooperative response simi1ar to that developed by Azrin & lindsley (1956). To cooperate, the cllildren had to press knobs of the same color.…”

A CLASSIFICATION AND REVIEW OF COOPERATION PROCEDURES1

“…For example, a steady response rate of 120 responses per minute by each subject would result in many reinforced or cooperative-like responses. If the responding were under the control of an individual high-rate contingency, individual responses that did not meet the 0.5-sec criterion for coordinated responding would be expected to increase and to be maintained along with responses meeting the 0.5-sec criterion (Brotsky and Thomas, 1967;Vogler, 1968;Schmitt and Marwell, 1968 It is more difficult to demonstrate that the cooperative behavior of a subject is under the control of the cooperative behavior of his partner in dependent cooperation procedures. It is simply unrealistic to expect that subjects will always respond in strict alternation such that the cooperative response of one subject is always the stimulus for the next cooperative response of his partner.…”