Much ink has been spilled in arguments about what it is that children have learned when they begin to grasp the possibility that other people's beliefs can differ from their own. But what do children comprehend of other people's rights, such as the ownership of property? Rossano et al. describe experimental results indicating that 3-year-old children exhibit a more sophisticated understanding of the rights conferred by ownership—in this instance, the disposal of a cap or scarf—than 2-year-olds.
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