Toddler's Approximate And Acknowledge Ownership Rights Summary

In “Toddlers Assert and Acknowledge Ownership Rights,” the authors conduct an investigation through an experiment they created themselves. This makes the article a research paper rather than a review as they are not analyzing another person’s work. This experiment consisted of presenting a distinct toy to pairs of friends, 24 or 30 months of age. The toys were randomly selected from a set, making it a true experiment. In relation to objects, ownership guides people’s thoughts and behaviors. The concept of ownership affects how someone will buy, lend, and steal possessions. Ownership is a social aspect of life because it has to be recognized by members of a society. When dealing with children’s play toys, they must respect other children’s rights and defend their own.
This experiment’s purpose was to study whether the owner of the possession controlled others’ access to their own possessions and how they got the information across to their peers. The primary hypothesis of the study was that if children know which toy is theirs and which one is their friends then children will claim ownership through verbal means, maintain possession, try to regain, and win conflicts over the toys they own because they understand ownership rights.

When randomly selecting a child, they were asked to bring an acquaintance within the same age group. There were 14 pairs of friends that were 24 months of age and 12 pairs that were 30 months. Independent variables in the experiment include the age of the children and whether they were owners or non-owners of the toys, such as own toy, friend’s toy, or neutral toy. Dependent variables in the study include duration of physical contact, frequency of verbal and non-verbal claims, and frequency of verbal and non-verbal