Children are remarkably concerned with fairness, yet social evaluations often lead to partiality in fairness behavior. For instance, children share more generously with in-group peers and allocate resources based on the material need of recipients. The goal of the present study was to examine how children developing in Canada and Iran privilege group status and recipient need when allocating resources. We assigned children (5–6 years of age) from Canada (n = 42) and Iran (N = 46) to teams using the minimal group paradigm and allowed them to allocate resources between themselves and recipients who varied in terms of need (high and low) and group status (in-group and out-group). No effect of recipient need was found in either society. In both societies, children were not impacted by need, but were more likely to give up a personal advantage and allocate resources equally with in-group recipients. Our findings reveal convergence across diverse societies in the influence of in-group bias on children's resource allocation decisions.

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群体过度需求：接受者特征对伊朗和加拿大儿童分享影响的趋同

孩子们非常关心公平，但社会评价往往导致公平行为的偏颇。例如，儿童更慷慨地与同龄人分享，并根据接受者的物质需求分配资源。本研究的目的是研究在分配资源时，加拿大和伊朗儿童的特权群体地位和接受者的需求。我们分配了来自加拿大（n  = 42）和伊朗（N = 46) 使用最小群体范式的团队，并允许他们在自己和需要（高和低）和群体状态（群体内和群体外）不同的接受者之间分配资源。在这两个社会中都没有发现接受者需要的影响。在这两个社会中，儿童都没有受到需求的影响，但更有可能放弃个人优势，并与群体内的接受者平等地分配资源。我们的研究结果揭示了不同社会在群体内偏见对儿童资源分配决策的影响方面的趋同。