Enactment of third-party punishment by 4-year-olds

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Kenward, Ben ^a   Östh, Therese ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Imitation; Moral development; Norm violation; Preschoolers; Third party punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870887061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00373     Document Type: Article

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