Fairness versus favoritism in children

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 736-745

  Shaw, Alex ^a   DeScioli, Peter ^b   Olson, Kristina R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Cognitive development; Competition; Fairness; Inequity aversion; Reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867897599     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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