The Inheritance of Desired Characteristics: Children's View of the Role of Intention in Parent-Offspring Resemblance

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 245-265

  Weissman, Michelle D ^a   Kalish, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological inheritance; Children's causal reasoning; Intention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FACE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 0033173206     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1999.2505     Document Type: Article

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