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Sunday, February 4, 2018
Children Relate to Human Characters in Books More Than Animals
According
to
the results from a new study, young children are more likely to learn and apply
character lessons from books that feature human characters than from stories
that center on human-like animals. In this study, children who read the human
story showed increases in altruistic giving, but those who read the
anthropomorphic story or a control story showed decreases. Thus, contrary to
common belief, realistic stories including humans as the main characters, not
anthropomorphic ones, are better for promoting young children’s prosocial
behavior. This study is important because it adds to the growing body of
research on how picture books with realistic stories and human characters are
more likely to transfer real-world knowledge and prosocial behavior to
children.
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