@article{RDM,
      recid = {7},
      author = {Hennefield, Laura and Markson, Lori},
      title = {Four-year-old Children Align their Preferences with those  of their Peers DataSet},
      address = {2017-06-27},
      number = {RDM},
      abstract = {Children express preferences for a wide range of options,  such as objects, and frequently observe the preferences  that others express towards these things. However, little  is know about how these initial preferences develop. The  present research investigated whether one particular type  of social information – other children’s preferences –  influences children’s own preferences. Four-year-old  children observed, via video, two boys and two girls  display the same preference for one of two stickers. Each  child (peer) expressed liking for one sticker and dislike  for the other. Then children completed two rounds of the  Dictator Game, a classic resource distribution task. In  each round, children distributed either 10 liked stickers  or 10 disliked stickers (counterbalanced) between  themselves and another child who was not present. If the  preferences expressed by their peers influenced children’s  own preferences, children should keep more of the liked  than disliked stickers for themselves. In line with this  prediction, more children kept more liked than disliked  stickers, indicating their distribution patterns were  influenced by their peers’ preferences. This finding  suggests that children extracted informational content  about the value of the stickers from their peers and used  that information to guide their own preferences. Children  might also have aligned their preferences with those of  their peers to facilitate social bonding and group  membership. This research demonstrates the strong influence  of peers on children’s developing preferences, and reveals  the effect of peer influence via video – a medium that  young children are frequently exposed to but often struggle  to learn from in other contexts.},
      url = {http://data.library.wustl.edu/record/7},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.7936/K7KP810V},
}