Children's perceptions of unfair reward and punishment

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 212-227

  Evans, Ian M ^a   Galyer, Karma T ^a   Smith, Kyle J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child development; Gender differences; Justice; Prosocial skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035380988     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320109597962     Document Type: Article

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