Development of Trait Inference : Do Young Children Understand the Causal Relation of Trait, Motive, and Behavior ?

Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-266

  Shimizu, Yuki ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Preschool children; Recency effect; Understanding of traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034551306     PISSN: 00215015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5926/jjep1953.48.3_255     Document Type: Article

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