But Joan Grusec did an interesting
experiment about this. After some children shared toys with other children, some of them had their behavior mentioned
in feedback:"It was nice of you to share those toys with other children. That was a nice and helpful thing to do." Others were
given feedback on their characters:"I guess you are the kind of person who likes to help others. You are a helpful person." Later, in a similar situation, the children who had received character comments were 45% more likely to share toys, while those who received behavior comments were only 10% more likely to share. When our character is mentioned we begin to build up an idea of ourselves as a good person.