Children's social category-based giving and its correlates: Expectations and preferences

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 533-543

  Renno, Maggie P ^a   Shutts, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fairness; Gender; Prosocial behavior; Race; Social categories

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84926419778     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038819     Document Type: Article

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