Children discard a resource to avoid inequity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 382-395

  Shaw, Alex ^a   Olson, Kristina R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fairness; Inequity aversion; Social cognitive development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866256214     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025907     Document Type: Article

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