Children develop a veil of fairness

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 363-375

  Shaw, Alex ^a   Montinari, Natalia ^b   Piovesan, Marco ^c   Olson, Kristina R ^a   Gino, Francesca ^d   Norton, Michael I ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fairness; Inequity aversion; Reputation; Social cognitive development; Social signaling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84893373775     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031247     Document Type: Article

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