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Cooperation and competition of urban and rural children in the Republic of South Korea 1
Author(s) -
Madsen Millard C.,
Yi Sunin
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207597508247338
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , psychology , economic growth , socioeconomics , sociology , economics , ecology , biology
The cooperative and competitive behavior of 8–9 year old children in urban and rural Korea was assessed by three different experimental techniques. The urban children were significantly more competitive and less cooperative in experiments 1 and 2, experiments in which the competitive alternative involved direct overt conflict. Both groups were highly competitive in experiment 3 in which the competitive alternative was less overt.