Mastery motivation: Appropriate tasks for toddlers

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 545-548

  Dichter Blancher, Tammy B ^a   Busch Rossnagel, Nancy A ^a   Knauf Jensen, Diana E ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031256598     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(97)90043-6     Document Type: Article

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