Do Young Children Always Say Yes to Yes-No Questions? A Metadevelopmental Study of the Affirmation Bias

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1297-1313

  Fritzley, V Heather ^a   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0142041423     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00608     Document Type: Review

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