Sharing emerges later than possessive ownership behavior in children.

Evidence

It is plausible that the tendency to keep all good things for ourselves and the acknowledgment of property rights co-occur, and that the competition between these two contrasting basic tendencies is won differently, depending on the context. In the same vein, Neary (2011) has suggested that children learn the appropriate contexts where to override possessive inclinations in favor of sharing with others. Thus, this ability of sharing could develop later, in contrast with the more primitive need for rigid possessive behaviors. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 588

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to developmental psychology on ownership and sharing norms — ties into the reader’s interest in how morality is socially installed versus biologically primitive. — connects to: Sharing develops later and less spontaneously than helping or comforting. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 382; A fast automatic sense of ownership arises from proximity, discovery, and contact. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 584; Children’s apparent selfishness in games reflects game comprehension, not moral immaturity — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 142 (+1 more)
• DEFINE: Distinguishes the primitive sense of ownership from the socially developed sense of fairness in terms of automaticity, precocity, and cultural penetrability.

Related

• Sharing develops later and less spontaneously than helping or comforting. (similarity 0.85)
• Children’s apparent selfishness in games reflects game comprehension, not moral immaturity (similarity 0.84)
• A fast automatic sense of ownership arises from proximity, discovery, and contact. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Children’s apparent selfishness in games reflects game comprehension, not moral immaturity #complicates (0.75) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 142
• Most behavioral coding is acquired unconsciously during childhood socialization #complicates (0.72)