Anti-equality: Social comparison in young children

Cognition

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-156

  Sheskin, Mark ^a   Bloom, Paul ^a   Wynn, Karen ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood development; Cognitive development; Morality; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84888415438     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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