Young children's creation and transmission of social norms
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Göckeritz, S; Schmidt, MFH; Tomasello, M
Published in: Cognitive Development
January 1, 2014
Children's lives are governed by social norms. Since Piaget, however, it has been assumed that they understand very little about how norms work. Recent studies in which children enforce social norms indicate a richer understanding, but children are still relating to pre-existing adult norms. In this study, triads of 5-year-olds worked on an instrumental task without adult guidance. Children spontaneously created social norms regarding how the game "should" be played. They transmitted these with special force (using more generic and objective language) to novices, suggesting that young children understand to some degree, the conventional nature and special force of social norms in binding all who would participate. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.
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Cognitive Development
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0885-2014
Publication Date
January 1, 2014
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30
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1
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81 / 95
Related Subject Headings
- Developmental & Child Psychology
- 5205 Social and personality psychology
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology
- 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
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Göckeritz, S., Schmidt, M. F. H., & Tomasello, M. (2014). Young children's creation and transmission of social norms. Cognitive Development, 30(1), 81–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2014.01.003
Göckeritz, S., M. F. H. Schmidt, and M. Tomasello. “Young children's creation and transmission of social norms.” Cognitive Development 30, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 81–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2014.01.003.
Göckeritz S, Schmidt MFH, Tomasello M. Young children's creation and transmission of social norms. Cognitive Development. 2014 Jan 1;30(1):81–95.
Göckeritz, S., et al. “Young children's creation and transmission of social norms.” Cognitive Development, vol. 30, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 81–95. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.cogdev.2014.01.003.
Göckeritz S, Schmidt MFH, Tomasello M. Young children's creation and transmission of social norms. Cognitive Development. 2014 Jan 1;30(1):81–95.
Published In
Cognitive Development
DOI
ISSN
0885-2014
Publication Date
January 1, 2014
Volume
30
Issue
1
Start / End Page
81 / 95
Related Subject Headings
- Developmental & Child Psychology
- 5205 Social and personality psychology
- 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
- 1701 Psychology
- 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing