Mother-Child Conversation and Children's Understanding of Biological and Nonbiological Changes in Size

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 629-644

  Jipson, Jennifer L ^a,b   Callanan, Maureen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0041343019     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.7402020     Document Type: Article

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