Implicit theories of social interactions: Children's reasoning about the relative importance of gender and friendship in social partner choices

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-467

  Halle, Tamara G ^a  

^a CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

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