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Current Research The Emory Infant and Child Lab is currently focusing primarily on cross-cultural research concerning social and moral development. We are interested in what we view as a crucial step taken by children in relation to others during the pre-school years. This step is what we call the "ethical stance". For example, we established that by 5 years of age children develop a sense of equity and fairness. The question is whether this development is universal or, on the contrary, variable across cultural contexts. Is the emerging sense of fairness comparable across highly contrasted cultural circumstances in which children grow? Are all children taking an ethical stance toward others at approximately the same age? Our goal is to address such questions and contribute to a better understanding of what might be the roots of moral development and moral values, the roots of the "ethical stance" taken by children in the pre-school years. Click on the links below for more information about our current "ethical stance" projects:
Ownership and early property sense Emergence of strong reciprocity
Other projects Caregiver-Infant Interactions Across Cultures Ethnic familiarity and 6- and 10-month-olds’ processing of novel faces
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