Diversity-Based Reasoning in Children

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 243-273

  Heit, Evan ^a   Hahn, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Diversity; Evidence; Inductive reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0035654255     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.2001.0757     Document Type: Article

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