Five-year-olds punish antisocial adults.

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Summary

The willingness of preschoolers to spontaneously engage in third-party punishment, occasionally even risking the social costs of antagonizing an anti-social adult, demonstrates a deep-seated early-developing punitive sentiment in humans.

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article
Published
2014-11-01
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Keywords

Punitive damages, Punishment (psychology), Psychology, Social psychology, Formative assessment

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