Folklore and the Only Child [electronic resource] : A Reassessment / Toni Falbo.
Two studies are reported: one examines stereotypes about only children and the other examines stereotypes about mothers of only children. A sample of 150 college students were the subjects for the first study which utilized the Prisoner's Dilemma Game, the NASA exercise, and a questionnaire to...
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| Language: | English |
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1976.
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| Summary: | Two studies are reported: one examines stereotypes about only children and the other examines stereotypes about mothers of only children. A sample of 150 college students were the subjects for the first study which utilized the Prisoner's Dilemma Game, the NASA exercise, and a questionnaire to test the hypotheses that only children are selfish, lack social skills, are autonomous and suffer as a result of being only children. The only hypothesis that held up was that only children appear to be more autonomous. The second study interviewed 76 mothers of college undergraduates through a mail survey, providing information as to why mothers of only children have one child. Answers were given relevant to age, education, birth complications, and folklore beliefs. (MS) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED130786. Sponsoring Agency: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Ann Arbor, MI. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association (84th, Washington, D.C., September 3-7, 1976). Educational level discussed: Higher Education. |
| Physical Description: | 22 p. |