Hi
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Shirley-Anne Hensch wrote:
> A student came by and asked me a question today that really stumped me.
> She is writing a paper, and is interested on the "impact of fairy tales on
> children." I searched PsychInfo and came up with some matches on "fairy
> tales" but not really anything that dealt with the impact on children. I
> think that the student wants to know if hearing fairy tales affects
> children's creativity, or their 'views of the world.' Have any of you
> heard of any research in this area?
She might want to look up McClelland's work on achievement
motivation across cultures. I know that he scored stories for
achievement motivation and related it to economic indicators, but
don't know whether Fairy Tales were part of the collection.
Best wishes
Jim
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