Helping and cooperation in children with autism.
Helping and cooperation are central to human social life. Here, we report two studies investigating these social behaviors in children with autism and children with developmental delay. In the first study, both groups of children helped the experimenter attain her goals. In the second study, both groups of children cooperated with an adult, but fewer children with autism performed the tasks successfully. When the adult stopped interacting at a certain moment, children with autism produced fewer attempts to re-engage her, possibly indicating that they had not formed a shared goal/shared intentions with her. These results are discussed in terms of the prerequisite cognitive and motivational skills and propensities underlying social behavior.
Liebal
Kristin
K
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. kliebal@eva.mpg.de
Colombi
Costanza
C
Rogers
Sally J
SJ
Warneken
Felix
F
Tomasello
Michael
M
D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010379:Peer Group; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012056:Reinforcement, Social; D012919:Social Behavior
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