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Extrinsic Rewards Diminish Costly Sharing in 3-Year-Olds

Two studies investigated the influence of external rewards and social praise in young children's fairness-related behavior. The motivation of ninety-six 3-year-olds' to equalize unfair resource allocations was measured in three scenarios (collaboration, windfall, and dictator game) followi...

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Published in:	Child development 2016-07, Vol.87 (4), p.1192-1203
Main Authors:	Ulber, Julia, Hamann, Katharina, Tomasello, Michael
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