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Origins of understanding fair resource collection
Mia Radovanovic1, Jaemin Hwang1, David M Sobel2
1Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada.
Cognition
|January 14, 2026
Summary
Infants as young as 16 months expect fair resource collection, showing an early understanding of fairness in exchanges. This develops alongside their existing expectations for fair resource distribution.
Area of Science:
- Developmental psychology
- Cognitive science
- Infant behavior
Background:
- Fairness in resource exchange is crucial for social development.
- Previous research primarily examined infant expectations for resource distribution, not collection.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if 14- to 17-month-old infants expect fairness in resource collection events.
- To compare infant expectations for fair resource collection versus distribution.
Main Methods:
- Infants aged 14-17 months were observed for their expectations during resource collection scenarios.
- Behavioral responses were analyzed to infer expectations of fairness.
Main Results:
- Infants demonstrated expectations for equal resource collections by 16 months of age.
- All infants tested expected equal resource distributions across all ages.
Conclusions:
- Infants possess a broad, early-emerging understanding of fairness in resource exchanges.
- A slight developmental lag exists between reasoning about resource collection and distribution fairness.
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