Cooperation and sharing behavior among culturally deprived preschool children

Sharing behavior in middle childhood

“…Ugurel-Semin (1952) and Handlon and Gross (1959) found no sex differences nor did Wasik et al (1969) in their study of culturally deprived Negro and white kindergartners or Elliott and Vasta (1970) in their modeling study. Doland and Adelberg (1967) found that while only a slightly lower percentage of boys share initially (32 percent versus 35 percent), a much lower percentage learned to share in the first learning trial (23 percent versus 82 percent).…”

“…Of those sharing studies cited in the literature, most could be clas sified as dealing with the learning of sharing through models (Harris, 1970;Rosenhan & White, 1967), rehearsal (Rosenhan & White, 1967), and reinforcement (Doland & Adelberg, 1967;Fischer, 1963;Harris, 1970;Midlarsky & Bryan, 1967); sharing as reciprocity (Harris, 1970;Staub & Sherk, 1970); the effects of dependency relationships on sharing , 1964Berkowitz, Klanderman, & Harris, 1964;; and the relationship of sharing to need for approval (Staub & Sherk, 1970), socio-economic status (Ugurel-Semin, 1952;Wasik, Senn, & Epanchin, 1969), and age, sex, and family size (Handlon & Gross, 1959;Ugurel-Semin, 1952). Thus it appears that there is a need for more research on the topic of sharing.…”

Aborigines’ Co-operative Nature Can Affect School Performance

“…Furthermore, Madsen (1967), Sibley, Senn and Epanchin (1968), Wasik, Senn and Epanchin (1969), concluded that different aspects of child rearing practices and child behaviour have affected the preference for co-operative and competitive behaviour styles. Those who are economically disadvantaged are more co-operative and group orientated.…”

Sharing behavior in middle childhood

“…Though the culturally deprived have become a popular research target, their sharing behavior has not been extensively studied. Wasik ^ al. (1969) did a study, similar to that of Handlon and Gross (1959), of like-sex dyads of 12 culturally deprived Negro and white kindergarten children.…”

“…Of those sharing studies cited in the literature, most could be clas sified as dealing with the learning of sharing through models (Harris, 1970;Rosenhan & White, 1967), rehearsal (Rosenhan & White, 1967), and reinforcement (Doland & Adelberg, 1967;Fischer, 1963;Harris, 1970;Midlarsky & Bryan, 1967); sharing as reciprocity (Harris, 1970;Staub & Sherk, 1970); the effects of dependency relationships on sharing , 1964Berkowitz, Klanderman, & Harris, 1964;; and the relationship of sharing to need for approval (Staub & Sherk, 1970), socio-economic status (Ugurel-Semin, 1952;Wasik, Senn, & Epanchin, 1969), and age, sex, and family size (Handlon & Gross, 1959;Ugurel-Semin, 1952). Thus it appears that there is a need for more research on the topic of sharing.…”