The role of experience in children's developing folk epistemology: Review and analysis from the theory-theory perspective

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 145-161

  Bartsch, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Conceptual development; Epistemology; False belief; Theories; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036697559     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(02)00006-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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