Stereotyped beliefs about desirability: Implications for characterizing the child's theory of mind

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-84

  Meerum Terwogt, Mark ^a   Rieffe, Carolien ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037400295     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(02)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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