Collaboration Promotes Proportional Reasoning About Resource Distribution in Young Children

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1230-1238

  Ng, Rowena ^a   Heyman, Gail D ^a   Barner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood development; Equity (social); Prosocial behavior; Resource allocation; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOGIC; MALE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052868973     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024923     Document Type: Article

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