阅读富有同情心的故事能否改善儿童在富有同情心的回应范式中的帮助？

Recent findings using the compassionate responding paradigm suggest that preschool children will not help a distressed target (puppets or adults) when it is costly to do so. This registered report examined whether reading a storybook that promotes compassionate behavior translates to greater costly compassionate helping using the same experimental paradigm. The first part of our study involved parents reading either a book promoting compassionate action or a control book with their children across a 1-week period. The storybook was sent to parents, along with reading guidelines and a short rea