Developmental meanings and processes of social referencing in infancy: A theoretical review

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 498-514

  Endo, Toshihiko ^a   Ozawa, Tetsushi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infancy; Learning mechanism; Social referencing; Theory of mind; Understanding of emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042914808     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.71.498     Document Type: Article

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