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Armin Falk - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Self-Assessment: The Role of the Social Environment
2020Co-Authors: Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Hannah Schildberg-hörisch, Florian ZimmermannAbstract:This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of the Social Environment in shaping the accuracy of self-assessment. We introduce a novel incentivized measurement tool to measure the accuracy of self-assessment among children and use this tool to show that children from high socioeconomic status (SES) families are more accurate in their self-assessment, compared to children from low SES families. To move beyond correlational evidence, we then exploit the exogenous variation of participation in a mentoring program designed to enrich the Social Environment of children. We document that the mentoring program has a causal positive effect on the accuracy of children’s self-assessment. Finally, we show that the mentoring program is most effective for children whose parents provide few Social and interactive activities for their children.
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the formation of proSociality causal evidence on the role of Social Environment
Journal of Political Economy, 2020Co-Authors: Fabian Kosse, Thomas Deckers, Hannah Schildberghorisch, Pia R Pinger, Armin FalkAbstract:This study presents evidence on the role of Social Environment for the formation of proSociality. We show that socioeconomic status (SES) as well as intensity of mother-child interaction and mother...
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the formation of proSociality causal evidence on the role of Social Environment
2016Co-Authors: Fabian Kosse, Thomas Deckers, Hannah Schildberghorisch, Armin FalkAbstract:This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of Social Environment for the formation of proSociality. In a first step, we show that socio-economic status (SES) as well as the intensity of mother-child interaction and mothers’ proSocial attitudes are systematically related to elementary school children’s proSociality. In a second step, we present evidence on a randomly assigned variation of the Social Environment, providing children with a mentor for the duration of one year. Our data include a two-year follow-up and reveal a significant and persistent increase in proSociality in the treatment relative to the control group. Moreover, enriching the Social Environment bears the potential to close the observed developmental gap in proSociality between low and high SES children. Our findings suggest that the program serves as a substitute for proSocial stimuli in the family Environment.
Leigh W Simmons - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effects of the Social Environment and physical disturbance on personality traits
Animal Behaviour, 2018Co-Authors: Fabian S Rudin, Joseph L Tomkins, Leigh W SimmonsAbstract:The Environment can have a considerable impact on behaviour. The Social Environment is predicted to be a particularly important driver of behavioural variation and evolution through the indirect genetic effects that arise whenever individuals interact with conspecifics. We used male Australian field crickets, Teleogryllus oceanicus, to examine the effects of changes in the Social Environment (recorded acoustic sexual signals of other males) on the expression and consistency of boldness, activity and exploration, and their between-individual covariation. Switching from a silent Environment to being exposed to male acoustic sexual signals resulted in crickets becoming less bold, active and explorative. Switching from an acoustic to a silent Environment resulted in increased boldness and activity. We also looked at the effects of changes in the nonSocial Environment via a physical disturbance that mimicked the presence of a potential predator (mechanical shaking). The effects of physical disturbance (and changes thereof) on behaviour were far less pronounced than the effects of changes in the Social Environment. Neither the repeatability of nor correlations between behaviours were affected by changes in physical disturbance. Only the average level of exploration was affected significantly when crickets were moved from an undisturbed to a disturbed Environment, with crickets becoming less explorative. Although changes in the Social and the nonSocial Environment affected the repeatability of and correlations between some of the behaviours measured, changes in the Social Environment had the greater effect. We discuss the ecological and evolutionary implications of our findings and how they relate to our current understanding of Social and nonSocial Environmental effects on behaviour.
Fabian Kosse - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Self-Assessment: The Role of the Social Environment
2020Co-Authors: Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Hannah Schildberg-hörisch, Florian ZimmermannAbstract:This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of the Social Environment in shaping the accuracy of self-assessment. We introduce a novel incentivized measurement tool to measure the accuracy of self-assessment among children and use this tool to show that children from high socioeconomic status (SES) families are more accurate in their self-assessment, compared to children from low SES families. To move beyond correlational evidence, we then exploit the exogenous variation of participation in a mentoring program designed to enrich the Social Environment of children. We document that the mentoring program has a causal positive effect on the accuracy of children’s self-assessment. Finally, we show that the mentoring program is most effective for children whose parents provide few Social and interactive activities for their children.
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the formation of proSociality causal evidence on the role of Social Environment
Journal of Political Economy, 2020Co-Authors: Fabian Kosse, Thomas Deckers, Hannah Schildberghorisch, Pia R Pinger, Armin FalkAbstract:This study presents evidence on the role of Social Environment for the formation of proSociality. We show that socioeconomic status (SES) as well as intensity of mother-child interaction and mother...
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the formation of proSociality causal evidence on the role of Social Environment
2016Co-Authors: Fabian Kosse, Thomas Deckers, Hannah Schildberghorisch, Armin FalkAbstract:This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of Social Environment for the formation of proSociality. In a first step, we show that socio-economic status (SES) as well as the intensity of mother-child interaction and mothers’ proSocial attitudes are systematically related to elementary school children’s proSociality. In a second step, we present evidence on a randomly assigned variation of the Social Environment, providing children with a mentor for the duration of one year. Our data include a two-year follow-up and reveal a significant and persistent increase in proSociality in the treatment relative to the control group. Moreover, enriching the Social Environment bears the potential to close the observed developmental gap in proSociality between low and high SES children. Our findings suggest that the program serves as a substitute for proSocial stimuli in the family Environment.
Barry G. England - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Evolutionary functions of neuroendocrine response to Social Environment
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1998Co-Authors: Mark V. Flinn, Charles Baerwald, Seamus A. Decker, Barry G. EnglandAbstract:The human neuroendocrine system is highly sensitive to the Social Environment. Hormones such as testosterone and cortisol are released in response to a wide variety of Social stimuli. The evolutionary functions of this sensitivity are not well understood. Longitudinal monitoring of hormones, behavior, and Social Environment is a promising research paradigm for solving these evolutionary puzzles.
Fabian S Rudin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effects of the Social Environment and physical disturbance on personality traits
Animal Behaviour, 2018Co-Authors: Fabian S Rudin, Joseph L Tomkins, Leigh W SimmonsAbstract:The Environment can have a considerable impact on behaviour. The Social Environment is predicted to be a particularly important driver of behavioural variation and evolution through the indirect genetic effects that arise whenever individuals interact with conspecifics. We used male Australian field crickets, Teleogryllus oceanicus, to examine the effects of changes in the Social Environment (recorded acoustic sexual signals of other males) on the expression and consistency of boldness, activity and exploration, and their between-individual covariation. Switching from a silent Environment to being exposed to male acoustic sexual signals resulted in crickets becoming less bold, active and explorative. Switching from an acoustic to a silent Environment resulted in increased boldness and activity. We also looked at the effects of changes in the nonSocial Environment via a physical disturbance that mimicked the presence of a potential predator (mechanical shaking). The effects of physical disturbance (and changes thereof) on behaviour were far less pronounced than the effects of changes in the Social Environment. Neither the repeatability of nor correlations between behaviours were affected by changes in physical disturbance. Only the average level of exploration was affected significantly when crickets were moved from an undisturbed to a disturbed Environment, with crickets becoming less explorative. Although changes in the Social and the nonSocial Environment affected the repeatability of and correlations between some of the behaviours measured, changes in the Social Environment had the greater effect. We discuss the ecological and evolutionary implications of our findings and how they relate to our current understanding of Social and nonSocial Environmental effects on behaviour.
