The Evolution and Development of Inequity Aversion
Contributors: Wrangham, Richard; Warneken, Felix; Nunn, Charles; Pinker, Steven; Santos, Laurie
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Description: Humans show such strong sensitivity to whether resources are distributed fairly that they sacrifice personal gain to avoid distributional inequity. This inequity aversion plays an important role in guiding human social decision-making and appears to be ubiquitous across human populations. However, we currently do not understand whether or how inequity aversion evolved over the course of human evolution or how it develops in children.
Notes: Keywords: Animal Cognition, Cooperation, Fairness, Inequity Aversion.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2013