Social status modulates prosocial behavior and egalitarianism in preschool children and adults

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 731-736

  Guinote, Ana ^a   Cotzia, Ioanna ^a   Sandhu, Sanpreet ^b   Siwa, Pramila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Prosocial behavior; Social hierarchies; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EGALITARIANISM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STEREOTYPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84922454991     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1414550112     Document Type: Article

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