title: The developmental origins of fairness: the knowledge-behavior gap.
abstract: Recent research in developmental psychology shows that children understand several principles of fairness by 3 years of age, much earlier than previously believed. However, children's knowledge of fairness does not always align with their behavior, and immediate self-interest alone cannot explain this gap. In this forum paper, we consider two factors that influence the relation between fairness knowledge and behavior: relative advantage and how rewards are acquired.
authors.affiliation: Boston University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: pblake@bu.edu.
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.affiliation: Yale University, Department of Psychology, 2 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McAuliffe
authors.affiliation: Harvard University, Department of Psychology, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Warneken
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012201:Reward; D012935:Social Justice / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: distributive justice; fairness; inequity aversion