Abstract
MCCLINTOCK, CHARLES G.; MosKowrrz, JOEL M.; and McCLINTOCK, EvIE. Variations in Preferences for Individualistic, Competitive, and Cooperative Outcomes as a Function of Age, Game Class, and Task in Nursery School Children. CmLD DEVELOPMENT, 1977, 48, 1080-1085. Variations in individualistic, cooperative, and competitive choice behaviors were observed at 2 age levels in nursery school children for 3 tasks: individualistic, coordinative, and conflictual. The results indicate that (a) nursery school children are primarily own-gain oriented, (b) there is no increment in cooperation in the coordinative task as a function of age, and (c) there is a sharp increment in competition in the competitive task as a function of age. Older children's mothers expect less competitive behavior than younger children's mothers. In fact, older nursery school children tend to compete more than younger ones.
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