Strategic reputation management: Children adjust their reward distribution in accordance with an observer’s mental state

To manage one’s own reputation considering an observer’s mental state is an effective way to be chosen by others as a cooperative partner. We investigated whether 6- to 8-year-old children would adjust their reward distribution in accordance with an observer’s mental state. Children distributed resources to prosocial/antisocial recipients in front of an observer under two conditions: 1) both the child and observer possessed knowledge about the...