I Should but I Won't: Why Young Children Endorse Norms of Fair Sharing but Do Not Follow Them

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Craig E ^a   Blake, Peter R ^b   Harris, Paul L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAIR SHARING; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MASSACHUSETTS; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84875173737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059510     Document Type: Article

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