Discuss the quasi-experiment design of Benenson and Koulnazarian (2008) study to investigate at what age gender differences appear in help-seeking behaviors.
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These researchers sought to determine if girls ask for help more often than boys at young ages (3 years and 6 years of age). In addition, children were grouped by socioeconomic status to examine differences between children with a low and an upper-middle socioeconomic status. The children in the study were asked to complete a series of tasks (e.g., drawing objects), and the time they spent on the task before they asked for help was recorded. Overall, girls asked for help after a shorter time with the task than boys. In addition, younger children requested help faster than older children. Finally, children from the low socioeconomic status group requested help faster than the children from the upper-middle socioeconomic status group. Benenson and Koulnazarian concluded that gender differences in helping behavior may not be due to learned gender roles, because in children as young as 3 years old, girls requested help more quickly than boys.
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