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Children's norm enforcement in their interactions with peers.

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Köymen, B; Lieven, E; Engemann, DA; Rakoczy, H; Warneken, F; Tomasello, M
Published in: Child development
May 2014

This study investigates how children negotiate social norms with peers. In Study 1, 48 pairs of 3- and 5-year-olds (N = 96) and in Study 2, 48 pairs of 5- and 7-year-olds (N = 96) were presented with sorting tasks with conflicting instructions (one child by color, the other by shape) or identical instructions. Three-year-olds differed from older children: They were less selective for the contexts in which they enforced norms, and they (as well as the older children to a lesser extent) used grammatical constructions objectifying the norms ("It works like this" rather than "You must do it like this"). These results suggested that children's understanding of social norms becomes more flexible during the preschool years.

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Child development

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EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

May 2014

Volume

85

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1108 / 1122

Related Subject Headings

  • Verbal Behavior
  • Peer Group
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Conflict, Psychological
  • Child, Preschool
 

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Köymen, B., Lieven, E., Engemann, D. A., Rakoczy, H., Warneken, F., & Tomasello, M. (2014). Children's norm enforcement in their interactions with peers. Child Development, 85(3), 1108–1122. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12178
Köymen, Bahar, Elena Lieven, Denis A. Engemann, Hannes Rakoczy, Felix Warneken, and Michael Tomasello. “Children's norm enforcement in their interactions with peers.Child Development 85, no. 3 (May 2014): 1108–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12178.
Köymen B, Lieven E, Engemann DA, Rakoczy H, Warneken F, Tomasello M. Children's norm enforcement in their interactions with peers. Child development. 2014 May;85(3):1108–22.
Köymen, Bahar, et al. “Children's norm enforcement in their interactions with peers.Child Development, vol. 85, no. 3, May 2014, pp. 1108–22. Epmc, doi:10.1111/cdev.12178.
Köymen B, Lieven E, Engemann DA, Rakoczy H, Warneken F, Tomasello M. Children's norm enforcement in their interactions with peers. Child development. 2014 May;85(3):1108–1122.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child development

DOI

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

May 2014

Volume

85

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1108 / 1122

Related Subject Headings

  • Verbal Behavior
  • Peer Group
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Conflict, Psychological
  • Child, Preschool