Groups' actions trump injunctive reaction in an incidental observation by young children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Turner, Cameron R ^a   Nielsen, Mark ^b,c   Collier Baker, Emma ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REWARD; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOCALIZATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 84911930884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107375     Document Type: Article

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