Young children's understanding of perception, desire, and emotion

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 895-912

  Wellman, Henry M ^a   Phillips, Ann T ^a   Rodriguez, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034230918     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00198     Document Type: Article

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