title: Ownership as a social status.
abstract: The authors suggest that ownership may be one of the critical entry points into thinking about social constructions, a kind of laboratory for understanding status. They discuss the features of ownership that make it an interesting case to study developmentally. In particular, ownership is a consequential social fact that is alterable by an individual, even a child. Children experience changes in ownership in a way they do not experience changes in other social facts (such as word meanings or social norms). Ownership is also an individual rather than a general property; two objects can be identical, but differ in ownership.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. cwkalish@wisc.edu
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Kalish
authors.forename: Craig D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010067:Ownership; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012919:Social Behavior; D012923:Social Class