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Giving Leads to Happiness in Young Children

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Aknin, Lara B., Hamlin, J. Kiley, Dunn, Elizabeth W.·2012·PLoS ONE

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Evolutionary models of cooperation require proximate mechanisms that sustain prosociality despite inherent costs to individuals. The "warm glow" that often follows prosocial acts could provide one such mechanism; if so, these emotional benefits may be observable very early in development. Consistent with this hypothesis, the present study finds that before the age of two, toddlers exhibit greater happiness when giving treats to others than receiving treats themselves. Further, children are happier after engaging in costly giving--forfeiting their own resources--than when giving the same treat at no cost. By documenting the emotionally rewarding properties of costly prosocial behavior among toddlers, this research provides initial support for the claim that experiencing positive emotions when giving to others is a proximate mechanism for human cooperation.

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Figure 1 Happiness displayed in each preliminary study and main experiment condition. Happiness, as rated by coders, for children in the preliminary study and five phases of the main experiment. Error bars represent 95 percent confidence intervals around the mean.CC BY · PubMed Central

Figure 2 Five phases of the main experiment. Toddlers were (a) introduced to a puppet and (b) given eight treats. Then, in counterbalanced order, each toddler (c) watched as the experimenter gave one treat to the puppet, (d) was asked to give a “found” treat to the puppet, and (e) was asked to give one of their own treats to the puppet.CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors: Aknin, L. B., Hamlin, J. K., & Dunn, E. W.
Affiliations: University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author: Aknin, Lara B.
ORCID: Aknin, Lara B.
Hamlin, J. Kiley
Dunn, Elizabeth W.
Venue: PLoS ONE
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published: 2012-06-14
Volume: 7
Issue: 6
Pages: e39211
ISSN: 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039211
PMC: PMC3375233
OpenAlex: W2081113617
Cited by: 304
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Funders: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Keywords: warm glow giving, prosocial behavior, happiness, toddlers, cooperation, early childhood development
MeSH terms: Altruism, Analysis of Variance, Child, Preschool, Female, Happiness, Humans, Male

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