Children's, adolescents', and young adults' reward allocations to hypothetical siblings and fairness judgments: Effects of actor gender, character type, and allocation pattern

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-368

  Thomson, Nicole Renick ^a   Jones, Elaine F ^b  

^a MISSOURI INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness judgments; Moral development; Reward allocations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24344439847     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.139.4.349-368     Document Type: Article

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