Preschoolers Reduce Inequality While Favoring Individuals With More

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1123-1133

  Li, Vivian ^a   Spitzer, Brian ^b   Olson, Kristina R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84899908184     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12198     Document Type: Article

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