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The ontogeny of fairness in seven societies

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  • P. R. Blake

    (Boston University)

  • K. McAuliffe

    (Yale University
    Boston College
    Harvard University)

  • J. Corbit

    (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby)

  • T. C. Callaghan

    (Faculty of Arts and Sciences, St Francis Xavier University)

  • O. Barry

    (University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculty of Science and Technology for Education and Training)

  • A. Bowie

    (Harvard University
    Harvard University)

  • L. Kleutsch

    (Harvard University)

  • K. L. Kramer

    (University of Utah)

  • E. Ross

    (Harvard University)

  • H. Vongsachang

    (Harvard University
    Harvard University)

  • R. Wrangham

    (Harvard University)

  • F. Warneken

    (Harvard University)

Abstract

An analysis of when children develop a sense of fairness (receiving less or more than a peer) is compared across seven different societies; aversion to receiving less emerges early in childhood in all societies, whereas aversion to receiving more emerges later in childhood and only in three of the seven societies studied.

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  • P. R. Blake & K. McAuliffe & J. Corbit & T. C. Callaghan & O. Barry & A. Bowie & L. Kleutsch & K. L. Kramer & E. Ross & H. Vongsachang & R. Wrangham & F. Warneken, 2015. "The ontogeny of fairness in seven societies," Nature, Nature, vol. 528(7581), pages 258-261, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:528:y:2015:i:7581:d:10.1038_nature15703
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15703
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