APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Do Children Judge Ownership Transgressions to be Conventional or Moral Violations?

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Developmental

  • Nicholaus Noles
    University of Louisville
  • Catherine McDermott
    University of Louisville

Abstract

Ownership is an integral part of human interactions, but how do the social and rules that govern our relationships with property develop? We found that young children treat violations of ownership rules as moral transgressions, but that older children view these rules as more conventional.

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