Young children care more about their reputation with ingroup members and potential reciprocators

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 952-958

  Engelmann, Jan M ^a   Over, Harriet ^a,b   Herrmann, Esther ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84885481986     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12086     Document Type: Article

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