TY  - GEN
AU  - Neary, Karen R.
AU  - Friedman, Ori
SN  - 1467-8624
AU  - Neary, Karen R.
AU  - Friedman, Ori
LA  - eng
CN  - ENP-ed76a96a-e4b4-4fea-9551-5f45d681c518
TI  - Young children give priority to ownership when judging who should use an object
PY  - 2014
AB  - This study provides evidence that children give priority to ownership when judging who should use an object. Children (N = 269) and adults (N = 154) considered disputes over objects. In disputes between a character using an object and the owner of the object, children, as young as 3 years and as old as 7 years, sided with the owner, and did so more than adults. However, children aged 4 and older disregarded owners’ rights in dilemmas where these were pitted against the need to prevent harm. These findings suggest that ownership is central in children’s judgments about object use and constrain developmental accounts of how children acquire an appreciation of ownership.
ER  -