Fair Is Not Fair Everywhere

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1252-1260

  Schäfer, Marie ^a   Haun, Daniel B M ^a,b,c   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

children; cross cultural differences; distributive justice; equity; morality; peer interactions

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; NAMIBIA; REWARD; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; NAMIBIA; REWARD; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84938564573     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615586188     Document Type: Article

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