A cross-cultural perspective on the development of sharing behavior (2010)
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Abstract
This study compared the development of sharing behavior among Chinese and German 8-, 11- 13- and 18-years-olds, by adopting classical economic games, the Dictator Game (DG) and Ultimatum Game (UG). Children’s offers as proposers in both DG and UG were collected. Results showed that: In DG, there was a marginally significant difference between Chinese and German children, with Chinese children offering more than German children. However, in UG Chinese and German children showed different trajectories. There was an age by culture interaction. Older, Chinese children were more likely to offer less, while German children’s offers showed a U-shape across ages. Cross-culturally, the majority of children revealed a fairness orientation by preferring an equal split in both conditions.
Bibliographic entry
Zhu, L., Keller, M., Gummerum, M., & Takezawa, M. (2010). A cross-cultural perspective on the development of sharing behavior. In R. Schwarzer & P. A. Frensch (Eds.), International perspectives on psychological science: Vol. 2. Personality, human development, and culture (pp. 141-154). Hove: Psychology Press.
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| Publication year | 2010 | |
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| Document type: | In book | |
| Publication status: | Published | |
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