Procedural justice in children: Preschoolers accept unequal resource distributions if the procedure provides equal opportunities

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 197-210

  Grocke, Patricia ^a   Rossano, Federico ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Equality; Fairness; Group decision making; Preschoolers; Procedural justice; Resource distribution

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REWARD; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REWARD; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84938799017     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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