Immunity to functional fixedness in young children

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 707-712

  German, Tim P ^a   Defeyter, Margaret Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTUITION; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE FACTORS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTUITION; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0034568743     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03213010     Document Type: Article

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