Title: Effects of Empathy Instructions on First-Graders' Liking of Other People.
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Publication: CHILD STUDY JOURNAL 11/1 (1981): 1-15.
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Brehm, S. S.;
Fletcher, B. L.;
West, V.
Date: (1981)
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Brehm, S. S.; Fletcher, B. L.; and West, V. "Effects of Empathy Instructions on First-Graders' Liking of Other People." CHILD STUDY JOURNAL 11/1 (1981): 1-15.
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Examines, in two experiments, the effects of "empathy instructions" on the attitudes of first graders toward characters in a story tape. Results were mixed. One finding: empathy increased when a story character experienced a negative outcome. (COTTON)*
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