Children's understanding of inherited resemblance: The case of two parents

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 366-374

  Meerum Terwogt, Mark ^a   Stegge, Hedy ^a   Rieffe, Carolien ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

EID: 0037777689     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250344000037     Document Type: Article

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