Foundations of cooperation in young children Export

@article{Olson08, abstract = {Observations and experiments show that human adults preferentially share resources with close relations, with people who have shared with them (reciprocity), and with people who have shared with others (indirect reciprocity). These tendencies are consistent with evolutionary theory but could also reflect the shaping effects of experience or instruction in complex, cooperative, and competitive societies. Here, we report evidence for these three tendencies in 3.5-year-old children, despite their limited experience with complex cooperative networks. Three pillars of mature cooperative behavior therefore appear to have roots extending deep into human development.}, author = {Olson, Kristina R. and Spelke, Elizabeth S.}, citeulike-article-id = {2846999}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2007.12.003}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0010027707003228}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T24-4RPD7H5-2/1/88c7b295ef6065e4a46488c05a03a46d}, doi = {10.1016/j.cognition.2007.12.003}, journal = {Cognition}, keywords = {cooperation, dev\_psy, folk\_epistemology, social\_cognition}, month = {July}, number = {1}, pages = {222--231}, posted-at = {2008-05-30 11:23:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Foundations of cooperation in young children}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2007.12.003}, volume = {108}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - Olson08 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2846999 N2 - Observations and experiments show that human adults preferentially share resources with close relations, with people who have shared with them (reciprocity), and with people who have shared with others (indirect reciprocity). These tendencies are consistent with evolutionary theory but could also reflect the shaping effects of experience or instruction in complex, cooperative, and competitive societies. Here, we report evidence for these three tendencies in 3.5-year-old children, despite their limited experience with complex cooperative networks. Three pillars of mature cooperative behavior therefore appear to have roots extending deep into human development. IS - 1 JF - Cognition EP - 231 TI - Foundations of cooperation in young children VL - 108 SP - 222 KW - cooperation KW - dev_psy KW - folk_epistemology KW - social_cognition AU - Olson, Kristina AU - Spelke, Elizabeth PY - 2008/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2007.12.003 ER -