@article{ref1,
title="Effects of a prosocial televised example on children's helping",
journal="Journal of experimental child psychology",
year="1975",
author="Sprafkin, Joyce N. and Liebert, Robert M. and Poulos, Rita Wicks",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="119-126",
abstract="The possibility that regularly broadcast entertainment television programs can facilitate prosocial behavior in children was investigated. Thirty first-grade children, 15 boys and 15 girls, were individually exposed to one of three half-hour television programs: a program from the Lassie series which included a dramatic example of a boy helping a dog, a program from the Lassie series devoid of such an example, or a program from the family situation comedy series, the Brady Bunch. The effects of the programming were assessed by presenting each child with a situation that required him to choose between continuing to play a game for self-gain and helping puppies in distress. Children exposed to the Lassie program with the helping scene helped for significantly more time than those exposed to either of the other programs.<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-0965",
doi="10.1016/0022-0965(75)90031-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(75)90031-4"
}