Children's evaluations of resource allocation in the context of group norms

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 554-563

  Cooley, Shelby ^a   Killen, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Group norms; Moral reasoning; Resource allocation; Social reasoning

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NORM;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84926417811     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038796     Document Type: Article

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