Children's Evaluations of Resource Allocation in the Context of Group Norms

Autor/inn/en	Cooley, Shelby; Killen, Melanie
Titel	Children's Evaluations of Resource Allocation in the Context of Group Norms
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 51 (2015) 4, S.554-563 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0038796
Schlagwörter	Resource Allocation; Peer Groups; Behavior Standards; Evaluation; Age Differences; Child Development; Interpersonal Competence; Moral Values; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ressourcenallokation; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Evaluierung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kindesentwicklung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	This study investigated children's evaluations of peer group members who deviated from group norms about equal and unequal allocation of resources. Children, ages 3.5 to 4 years and 5 to 6 years (N = 73), were asked to evaluate a peer group member who deviated from 1 of 2 group allocation norms: (a) equal allocation of resources, or (b) unequal allocation of resources. Most children negatively evaluated deviant group members who espoused an unequal allocation, even when it benefitted the group, and explained their evaluation with reference to fairness. However, participants who liked unequal deviants (who advocated for an unequal allocation of resources) reasoned about group functioning and the benefits that an unequal allocation would have for the group. With age, children displayed social acumen by differentiating their own evaluation of the deviant act from their expectations of the group's favorability toward that deviant member. Findings revealed age-related increases for social acumen about group norms, as well as the use of fairness reasoning regarding resource allocation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01