Why Dogs Have Puppies and Cats Have Kittens: The Role of Birth in Young Children's Understanding of Biological Origins

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 404-419

  Johnson, Susan C ^a   Solomon, Gregg E A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031156952     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01948.x     Document Type: Article

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