Non-egalitarian allocations among preschool peers in a face-to-face bargaining task.

In face-to-face bargaining tasks human adults almost always agree on an equal split of resources. This is due to mutually recognized fairness and equality norms. Early developmental studies on sharing and equality norms found that egalitarian allocations of resources are not common before children a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alicia P Melis, Anja Floedl, Michael Tomasello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4364954?pdf=render