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The effect of labour on ownership decisions in two cultures: Developmental evidence from Japan and the United Kingdom.
- Source :
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology; Sep2014, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p320-329, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Creative labour has an effect on children's and adults' ownership decisions in Western cultures. We investigated whether preschoolers and adults from an Eastern culture ( Japan) would show a similar bias. In a first-party task (Experiment 1), in which participants created their own objects, Japanese preschoolers but not adults assigned ownership to creators. When participants watched videos of third-party conflicts between owners of materials and creators (Experiment 2), Japanese adults, but not preschoolers, transferred ownership to creators. In a British comparison group, both preschoolers and adults showed an effect of creative labour in the third-party task. A bias to attribute ownership on the basis of creative labour is thus not specific to Western culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0261510X
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97461186
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12043