Meritocratic sharing is based on collaboration in 3-year-olds

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-128

  Hamann, Katharina ^a   Bender, Johanna ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Fairness; Moral development; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84891823940     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032965     Document Type: Article

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