Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the interaction between the distributive justice development and social context which could influence reward allocation. Subjects (N=150) ranged from kindergartner to third graders. Each subject was administered a positive-justice interview to assess the level of his/her reasoning about distributive justice. Then the subject was told that he/she would help to make badges as many as he/she could, and worked on a task with a fictitious partner whose performance was superior, equal, or inferior to his/her own. The subject was then given rewards to divide between the partner. Results indicated that the distributive justice levels did not directly determine developmental trends in the reward allocation and also that the interaction of distributive justice levels with performance was one of the substantial determinants of the reward allocation.
Source: Japanese Psychological Research
Author: YAYOI WATANABE
Institutions: Shizuoka University, University of Shizuoka
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W218759604