Taking decisions seriously: Young children's understanding of conventional truth

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1289-1308

  Kalish, Charles ^a   Weissman, Michelle ^b   Bernstein, Debra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0034279571     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00229     Document Type: Article

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