Childhood Generosity and Impartiality Study

Children develop an increasingly complex understanding of fairness as they mature.

As they grow older, children become more like Bert—although they are not always happy when others get more, they would much rather give the bigger piece of pie to others than waste it, as long as the decision about who gets the smaller piece of pie comes from them rather than someone else.

A. Shaw

<p>The development of self-presentation: Self-promotion in 6- to 10-year-old children</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Evolution &amp; Human Behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>“I had so much it didn’t seem fair”: Eight-year-olds reject two forms of inequity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Psychological Science</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>132 younger children and 80 older children were chosen for the study because concerns with generosity and impartiality increase during this age range.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>For each study, the consent of the parent and the assent of the child were obtained in accordance with the institutional review board’s protocol.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Data collection began at the middle of the academic quarter, occurred every Saturday and Sunday for the remainder of the quarter, and stopped at the end of the academic quarter when the research assistants were no longer available. Data analysis did not begin until data collection for each study concluded.</p> Signup and view all the answers