At What Age Can Children Initiate and Execute a Mutually Beneficial Exchange?
Using a novel exchange paradigm, we demonstrate that Australian preschool children from middle to high socioeconomic backgrounds may be capable of executing a mutually beneficial exchange. In Study 1, 3- to 5-year-old children completed a tower building task, in which they were given an opportunity...
| Publicado en: | Developmental Psychology Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 269 - 279 |
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American Psychological Association
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