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Young Children Will Pass Up Rewards if They Know They can Explore Other Options, a New Study Suggests – Technology Networks
“Exploration seems to be a major driving force during early childhood — even outweighing the importance of immediate rewards.”
Young children will pass up rewards they know they can collect to explore other options, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that when adults and 4- to 5-year-old children played a game where certain choices earned them rewards, both adults and children quickly learned what choices would give them the biggest returns.
But while adults then used that knowledge to maximize their prizes, children continued exploring the other options, just to see if their value may have changed.
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