Fairness as partiality aversion: The development of procedural justice

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-53

  Shaw, Alex ^a   Olson, Kristina ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Fairness; Impartiality; Inequity aversion; Procedural justice; Social Cognitive Development

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; FAIRNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPARTIALITY; INEQUITY AVERSION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURAL JUSTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; FAIRNESS; IMPARTIALITY; INEQUITY AVERSION; PROCEDURAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84888401283     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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