Principles of Distributive Justice in Experimental Works with Children from Small-Scale societies
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Angarita-Cáceres, R.-G. (2021). Principles of Distributive Justice in Experimental Works with Children from Small-Scale societies. Revista Guillermo De Ockham, 19(2), 233–248. https://doi.org/10.21500/22563202.4799 (Original work published August 31, 2021)
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Experimental works whose purpose is to examine the principles of distributive justice in children may be read from the participants’ origins. To develop this idea, studies that include children from small-scale societies have been selected. The critical reading that is being put forward allows, in the first place, to make a distinction between small-scale, non-WEIRD societies (those which are not Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic). This distinction is being made as small-scale societies are non-WEIRD, albeit non-WEIRD societies can be large-scale. Secondly, it has been determined that works related to resource distribution within small-scale societies can be distinguished based on their results: some tend to establish psychological universals, while others identify cultural differences with regard to both WEIRD and non-WEIRD societies.
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Henrich, J., Ensminger, J., McElreath, R., Barr, A., Barrett, C., Bolyanatz, A., Cárdenas, J., Gurven, M., Gwako, E., Henrich, N., Lesorogol, C., Marlowe, F., Tracer, D. and Ziker, J. (2010). Markets, religion, community size, and the evolution of fairness and punishment. Science 327, 1480-1484.
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Paulus, M. (2015). Children’s inequity aversion depends on culture: A cross-cultural comparison. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 132, 240–246. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2014.12.007.
Rad, M. S., A. J. Martingano, and J. Ginges (2018). Toward a psychology of Homo sapiens: Making psychological science more representative of the human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115(45): 11401-11405. doi:10.1073/pnas.1721165115
Rao, N., & Stewart, S. M. (1999). Cultural Influences on Sharer and Recipient Behavior. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 30(2), 219–241. doi:10.1177/0022022199030002005.
Robbins, E., Starr, S., & Rochat, P. (2015). Fairness and Distributive Justice by 3- to 5-Year-Old Tibetan Children. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47(3), 333–340. doi:10.1177/0022022115620487.
Rochat, P., Dias, M. D. G., Guo Liping, Broesch, T., Passos-Ferreira, C., Winning, A., & Berg, B. (2009). Fairness in Distributive Justice by 3- and 5-Year-Olds Across Seven Cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 40(3), 416–442.doi:10.1177/0022022109332844.
Rochat, P. (2005). Humans evolved to become Homo Negotiatus…the rest followed. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(5), 714-715.
Rochat, P. (2006). What does it mean to be human? Journal of Anthropological Psychology, 17, 100-107.
Samek, A., Cowell, J. M., Cappelen, A. W., Cheng, Y., Contreras-Ibáñez, C., Gomez-Sicard, N., Decety, J. (2020). The development of social comparisons and sharing behavior across 12 countries. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 192, 104778. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104778.
Schäfer, M., Haun, D. B. M., & Tomasello, M. (2015). Fair Is Not Fair Everywhere. Psychological Science, 26(8), 1252–1260. doi:10.1177/0956797615586188.
Silk, J. B., Brosnan, S. F., Vonk, J., Henrich, J., Povinelli, D. J., Richardson, A. S., … Schapiro, S. J. (2005). Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of unrelated group members. Nature, 437(7063), 1357–1359. doi:10.1038/nature04243.
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Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D., & Simonsohn, U. (2011). False-Positive Psychology. Psychological Science, 22(11), 1359–1366. doi:10.1177/0956797611417632.
Thompson, C., Barresi, J., & Moore, C. (1997). The development of future-oriented prudence and altruism in preschoolers. Cognitive Development, 12(2), 199–212. doi:10.1016/s0885-2014(97)90013-7.
Vitriol, J. A., Gahner Larsen, E., & Ludeke, S. G. (2020). Just as Weird? Personality Traits and Political Attitudes Among Immigrant Minorities. Journal of Research in Personality, 103931. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103931.
Winking, J., Eastwick, P. W., Smith, L. K., & Koster, J. (2018). Applicability of the Investment Model Scale in a natural-fertility population. Personal Relationships. doi:10.1111/pere.12257.
Winking, J., & Koster, J. (2020, February 20). Small-Scale Utilitarianism: High Acceptance of Utilitarian Solutions to Trolley Problems among a Horticultural Population. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/g6tc4.
Wong, M., & Nunes, T. (2003). Hong Kong Children’s Concept of Distributive Justice. Early Child Development and Care, 173(1), 119–129. doi:10.1080/0300443022000022477.
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