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Young children consider merit when sharing resources with others

Young children consider merit when sharing resources with others

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Young children consider merit when sharing resources with others

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Young children consider merit when sharing resources with others

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United States: Public Library of Science

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PloS one, 2012-08, Vol.7 (8), p.e43979-e43979

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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MERIT IS A KEY PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS: rewards should be distributed according to how much someone contributed to a task. Previous research suggests that children have an early ability to take merit into account in third-party situations but that merit-based sharing in first-party contexts does not emerge until school-age. Here we provide evidence t...

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Young children consider merit when sharing resources with others

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1326543556

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1326543556

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1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0043979

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