Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 609-616.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.05.01

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The Influence of Recipients and Allocation Contexts on Allocation Behavior of Children Aged 4~6 Years

KANG Dan1, GUO Yangyang2, CHEN Jie1, CAI Shu1, ZHANG Yingjie1, CAO Shiyue1   

  1. 1. Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, School of Educational Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081;
    2. The Red Cherry Experimental Kindergarten of Erqi Dstrict, Zhengzhou 450063
  • Published:2023-09-11
  • Supported by:
    The project was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFC1905301);National Natural Science Foundation of China (22078115,21776108,21690083,22008078).

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Abstract: In order to investigate the impact of recipients and allocation context on the allocation behaviors of 4-6-year-old children, the study presented two allocation contexts of cooperation and competition to children. This study studied the allocation behaviors of 150 children aged 4~6 years in Changsha, Hunan Province. The results show that: (1) Compared with 4~5-year-old children,5~6-year-old children are more generous in allocating resources; (2) The allocation contexts and recipients have a significant impact on allocation behavior of 4~6-year-old children; (3) There is interaction between the allocation contexts and the recipients. Specifically, compared with the competitive situation, children show a stronger friend distribution bias effect in the cooperative situation; (4) The reasons of children's allocation behavior are significantly different in different allocation contexts.

Key words: allocation behavior, cooperation, competition, recipients

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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