The developmental origins of fairness: The knowledge-behavior gap

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 559-561

  Blake, Peter R ^a   McAuliffe, Katherine ^b   Warneken, Felix ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Fairness; Inequity aversion

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; FAIRNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KNOWLEDGE; NOTE; SELF CONCEPT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; REWARD; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84908390935     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.08.003     Document Type: Note

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