title: Some Equalities Are More Equal Than Others: Quality Equality Emerges Later Than Numerical Equality.
abstract: By age 6, children typically share an equal number of resources between themselves and others. However, fairness involves not merely that each person receive an equal number of resources ("numerical equality") but also that each person receive equal quality resources ("quality equality"). In Study 1, children (N = 87, 3-10 years) typically split four resources "two each" by age 6, but typically monopolized the better two resources until age 10. In Study 2, a new group of 6- to 8-year-olds (N = 32) allocated resources to third parties according to quality equality, indicating that children in this age group understand that fairness requires both types of equality.
authors.affiliation: Yale University. msheskin@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1277-8608
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheskin
authors.affiliation: Point Loma Nazarene University.
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nadal
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Croom
authors.affiliation: Yale University.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.affiliation: Yale University.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nissel
authors.affiliation: Yale University.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055641:Mathematical Concepts; D012919:Social Behavior; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology*