Children's Liking Research Articles

Need for Approval, Children's Sharing Behavior, and Reciprocity in Sharing

2 questions were investigated about the sharing behavior of children in the course of their interaction with other children: the relation between need for approval and sharing, and reciprocity in sharing. A significant negative relation was found between Ss' (the givers) scores on a measure of need for approval and both the amount of candy they shared and the amount they ate in the presence of another child (the receiver). Children with strong need for approval were inactive in relation to the candy in the presence of the other child, presumably inhibited by fear of disapproval. Reciprocity was shown by a positive relation between the number of candies shared and the subsequent sharing of the (use of a crayon by the receiver. Moreover, the difference between the amount of candy givers ate and the amount they shared was significantly related to the receiver's sharing of the crayon. Receivers seemed to respond to the fairness or unfairness of the givers' behavior, retaliating for obvious selfishness. Finally, children's liking for each other also influenced sharing behavior.

Social and Psychological Factors Affecting Fertility. XXX. Extra-Familial Participation of Wives in Relation to Interest in and Liking for Children, Fertility Planning, and Actual and Desired Family Size

Social and Psychological Factors Affecting Fertility. XXX. Extra-Familial Participation of Wives in Relation to Interest in and Liking for Children, Fertility Planning, and Actual and Desired Family Size

Social and Psychological Factors Affecting Fertility. XXIX. Interest in and Liking for Children in Relation to Fertility Planning and Size of Planned Family

Social and Psychological Factors Affecting Fertility. XXIX. Interest in and Liking for Children in Relation to Fertility Planning and Size of Planned Family

Affectivity as a factor in the apparent size of pictured food objects.

Perceptual distortion of need-related objects has been the concern of many recent studies (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9). In addition to the methodological flaws found in many of these studies which were pointed out by Gilchrist and Nesberg (4), they have, almost without exception, reported results based upon differences in the perceived size of various objects between or among groups separated on the basis of inferred needs. It might be assumed that a more fruitful method of investigation would concern itself with intra-individual differences in the perceived size of various objects, when these objects had been demonstrated to have different need properties for the individual. In addition to increasing the precision of the experimental design by allowing the use of each S as his own control, this method has the advantage of placing the locus of the investigation in the individual S, rather than in the group. The following study was designed to examine the general hypothesis that affectivity plays a determining role in perceptual organization by testing a specific aspect, namely, the effect of a child's liking or dislike for certain food objects upon his perception of the magnitude of these food objects.

Children's Fears, Dreams, Wishes, Daydreams, Likes, Dislikes, Pleasant and Unpleasant Memories.Arthur T. Jersild , Frances V. Markey , Catherine L. Jersild

<i>Children's Fears, Dreams, Wishes, Daydreams, Likes, Dislikes, Pleasant and Unpleasant Memories.</i>Arthur T. Jersild , Frances V. Markey , Catherine L. Jersild

Book Review: Children's Fears, Dreams, Wishes, Daydreams, Likes, Dislikes, Pleasant and Unpleasant Memories

Book Review: Children's Fears, Dreams, Wishes, Daydreams, Likes, Dislikes, Pleasant and Unpleasant Memories

Children's Interests

The investigation reported in this article was made in an effort to assist in solving the problem of securing and holding children's interest. Information revealing children's likes and dislikes and the intensity of these likes and dislikes seemed pertinent to the solution of this problem. It was assumed that, by giving children an opportunity to make discriminating choices, it would be possible to determine what some of their likes and dislikes are and in a limited degree to estimate the intensity of those likes and dislikes. With regard to the validity of testing likes and dislikes, Herring says: It is assumed that children's choices between paired stimuli are a better criterion than the judgments of adults who observe the behavior of liking and disliking ..... Subjective states of affection are not easy of approach by direct measurement; and in the case of indirect measurement of them it is likely that choices would be the best criterion.'