Learning from other people's mistakes: Causal understanding in learning to use a tool

Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 431-443

  Want, Stephen C ^b   Harris, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0035294102     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00288     Document Type: Article

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