Infants make more attempts to achieve a goal when they see adults persist

Persistence, above and beyond IQ, is associated with long-term academic outcomes. To look at the effect of adult models on infants’ persistence, we conducted an experiment in which 15-month-olds were assigned to one of three conditions: an Effort condition in which ……

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• http://science.sciencemag.org/content/357/6357/1290