Journal article
Enhancing interest in peer interaction: a developmental analysis.
Abstract
Using an intrinsic motivation paradigm, the effects of providing different reasons for interacting with a peer were examined in terms of children's subsequent interest in playing with the other child. Children (5 1/2, 7, and 9 years old) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions and provided with identical information about a child presented on a television monitor (that he was nice and had a new Lego game). In the experimental conditions, …
Authors
Boggiano AK; Klinger CA; Main DS
Journal
Child Development, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 852–861
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
August 1986
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1986.tb00251.x
ISSN
0009-3920