Browsing by Author "Kachel, Ulrike"
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Three- and 5-year-old children's understanding of how to dissolve a joint commitment.
Kachel, Ulrike; Svetlova, Margarita; Tomasello, Michael (Journal of experimental child psychology, 2019-08)When young children form a joint commitment with a partner, they understand that this agreement generates obligations. In this study, we investigated whether young children understand that joint commitments, and their associated ... -
Three-Year-Olds' Reactions to a Partner's Failure to Perform Her Role in a Joint Commitment.
Kachel, Ulrike; Svetlova, Margarita; Tomasello, Michael (Child Dev, 2017-05-15)When children make a joint commitment to collaborate, obligations are created. Pairs of 3-year-old children (N = 144) made a joint commitment to play a game. In three different conditions the game was interrupted in the ...