Social perspective taking and use of discounting in children's perceptions of others' helping behavior

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-83

  Mendelsohn, Michaela ^a   Straker, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMITATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; ROLE PLAYING;

ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033094939     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221329909595381     Document Type: Article

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