Where theories of mind meet magic: The development of children's beliefs about wishing

Child Development

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 571-587

  Woolley, Jacqueline D ^a   Phelps, Katrina E ^b   Davis, Debra L ^b   Mandell, Dorothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

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ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGO; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; REALITY TESTING; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033129223     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00042     Document Type: Article

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