Tokens of virtue: Replicating incentivized measures of children's prosocial behavior with online methods and virtual resources

RE Ahl, K Hannan, D Amir, A Baker, M Sheskin… - Cognitive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Desirable resources are crucial for incentivized tasks of prosocial behavior.
Developmentalists have often used tangible items, such as candy or stickers, as the …

Children strategically conceal selfishness

G Gonzalez, RE Ahl, S Cordes… - Child Development, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Can children exploit knowledge asymmetries to get away with selfishness? This question
was addressed by testing 6‐to 9‐year‐old children (N= 164; 81 girls) from the Northeastern …

Loss context enhances preferences for generosity but reduces preferences for honesty: Evidence from a combined behavioural‐computational approach

Y Zhang, Y Zhai, X Zhou, Z Zhang, R Gu… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The current literature has revealed mixed evidence on whether loss (vs. gain) context
promotes or curtails human prosociality. The current study (N= 96) aimed to address this …

[PDF][PDF] The emergence of cooperative behaviors, norms, and strategies across five diverse societies

D Amir, R Ahl, M Jordan, H Bolotin, M Bogese… - PsyAr**v, 2024 - researchgate.net
Human cooperation involves a complex web of interconnected behaviors that develop
across the lifespan in conjunction with the cultural environment. While we have learned …