Book
Child Helpers" A Multidisciplinary Perspective
(2020)
Abstract
In most of the world’s distinct cultures, children—from toddlerhood—eagerly volunteer to help others with their chores. Laboratory research in child psychology supports the claim that the helper “stage” is biologically based. This volumeexamines the development of helping in various cultural contexts, in particular, reviewing evidence for supportive environments in the ethnographic record in contrast to an environment which extinguishes the drive to be helpful in WEIRD children. In the last section, the benefits of the helper stage are discussed, in particular the development of an ability to work and learn collaboratively.
Keywords
- child,
- helper,
- developmental stage,
- ethnographic studies,
- lab experiments
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter February 15, 2020
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Elements in Psychology and Culture
ISBN
9781108738552
DOI
10.1017/9781108769204
Citation Information
David F. Lancy. Child Helpers" A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Cambridge(2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_lancy/146/