Children's Cooperative Behavior Research Articles

Conversation and Cooperation: Child Linguistic Maturity, Parental Speech, and Helping Behavior of Young Children

LAWRENCE, BARBARA M. Conversation and Cooperation: Child Linguistic Maturity, Parental Speech, and Helping Behavior of Young Children. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1984, 55, 1926-1935. The relationship between parental communicative behaviors, child linguistic maturity, and children's cooperative behavior was examined in a study of 60 children (20 each at approximately 18, 24, and 30 months of age) and their parents in a laboratory setting. Significant relationships were found between linguistic maturity of the children, the speech of the parents, and the children's helping behavior. Child mean length of utterance (MLU) was a better predictor of cooperative behavior than child age. No comparable relationships were found for parents' nonverbal behaviors. The results support a hypothesis of verbal mediation of this social behavior.

The others-concept and friendly and cooperative behavior in children

The others-concept and friendly and cooperative behavior in children

Cooperative behavior in children.

Cooperative behavior in children.

EFFECTS OF PUNISHMENT ON A COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN.

Instrumental conditioning procedures were used to establish cooperative relations in 30 pairs of 10-year old Negro males. Following acquisition, 15 pairs were punished in the following manner: one S in each pair received punishment for cooperative responding, while the second S continued to receive reinforcement for cooperative responding. Following acquisition the other 15 pairs of Ss were placed on extinction in the following manner: reinforcement was withheld from one S for cooperative responding, while the second S continued to receive reinforcement for cooperative responding. Frequency of cooperative responses dropped significantly for pairs receiving punishment, while no significant change occurred for pairs placed on extinction.

Effects of Punishment on a Cooperative Behavior in Children

Effects of Punishment on a Cooperative Behavior in Children