Costly third-party punishment in young children

Cognition

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  McAuliffe, Katherine ^a,b,c   Jordan, Jillian J ^b,c   Warneken, Felix ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Fairness; Inequity aversion; Social cognition; Third party punishment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PUNISHMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUNISHMENT;

EID: 84908327570     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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