Work on the psychology of justice has largely focused on punishment. However, punishment
is not our only strategy for dealing with conflict. Rather, emerging work suggests that people …

When we commit transgressions, we need to be forgiven to restore our friendships and
social standing. Two main ways we can elicit forgiveness is through asking for forgiveness …

Desirable resources are crucial for incentivized tasks of prosocial behavior.
Developmentalists have often used tangible items, such as candy or stickers, as the …

Understanding how to respond to transgressions is central to cooperation, yet little is known
about how individuals understand the consequences of these responses. Accordingly, the …

We expect children to learn new words, skills, and ideas from various technologies. When
learning from humans, children prefer people who are reliable and trustworthy, yet children …

To maintain our cooperative relationships, it is critical that we repair these relationships
when they are damaged by transgressions. Key to this repair is forgiveness. Previous …

Abstract Children in the United States have an early-emerging understanding that resources
should be divided fairly among agents, yet their behavior does not begin to reflect this …

Accidents can be intent‐based (unintended action‐unintended outcome) or belief‐based
(intended action‐unintended outcome). As compared to intent‐based accidents, giving …

Forgiveness plays an important role in restoring and maintaining cooperative relationships.
Previous studies have demonstrated that young children could forgive transgressors both as …

Human cooperation involves a complex web of interconnected behaviors that develop
across the lifespan in conjunction with the cultural environment. While we have learned …