The ontogeny of fairness in seven societies

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 and F. Warneken
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P. R. Blake: Boston University
K. McAuliffe: Yale 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
L. Kleutsch: Harvard University
K. L. Kramer: University of Utah
E. Ross: Harvard University
H. Vongsachang: Harvard University
R. Wrangham: Harvard University
F. Warneken: Harvard University

Nature, 2015, vol. 528, issue 7581, 258-261

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.

Date: 2015
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