The emergence of contingent reciprocity in young children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 338-350

  Warneken, Felix ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Cooperation; Helping; Prosocial behavior; Reciprocity; Sharing

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GAME; HELPING; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; RECIPROCITY; SHARING;

ALTRUISM; COOPERATION; HELPING; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; RECIPROCITY; SHARING;

ALTRUISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84881300267     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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