Children more willing to punish if the wrongdoer is 'taught a lesson' (VIDEO)

Yale University

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The children first had to decide whether to punish the art destroyer by taking away their iPad. However, if the children decided to punish the transgressor, they would have to make a personal sacrifice -- their own iPad would be locked away.

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