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The '''kewpie doll effect''' is a term used in [[developmental psychology]] to help explain how a child's features such as lengthened forehead and rounded features, said to be similar to a [[kewpie doll (toy)|kewpie doll]], motivate its caregiver to want to take care of it. |
The '''kewpie doll effect''' is a term used in [[developmental psychology]] to help explain how a child's physical features, such as lengthened forehead and rounded features, said to be similar to a [[kewpie doll (toy)|kewpie doll]], motivate its caregiver to want to take care of it. |
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The term was first suggested by Lorenz in 1943 <ref>{{cite journal |last= Lorenz |first= K.Z. |title= The Innate Forms of Possible Experience |journal= Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie |year= 1943}} |
The term was first suggested by Lorenz in 1943 <ref>{{cite journal |last= Lorenz |first= K.Z. |title= The Innate Forms of Possible Experience |journal= Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie |year= 1943}} |
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The kewpie doll effect is a term used in developmental psychology to help explain how a child's physical features, such as lengthened forehead and rounded features, said to be similar to a kewpie doll, motivate its caregiver to want to take care of it.
The term was first suggested by Lorenz in 1943 [1] and later revisited by Alley in 1981[2]
References
- ^ Lorenz, K.Z. (1943). "The Innate Forms of Possible Experience". Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie.
- ^ Alley, T.R.. (1981). "Head shape and the perception of cuteness". Journal of Child Language. 17 (5): 650–654.
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Further reading
- Shaffer, David R.; Kipp, Katherine (2010). Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Adolescence (8th ed.). Wadsworth.
- Biological Altruism at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy