The influence of gender and ethnicity on children's inferences about toy choice

Social Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-287

  Lam, Virginia L ^a   Leman, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Inferences; Peer; Toy choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037766241     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00233     Document Type: Review

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