Do Preschoolers Appreciate That Identical Actions May Be Motivated by Different Intentions?

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 413-448

  Baird, Jodie A ^a   Moses, Louis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345774271     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327647JCD0204_4     Document Type: Article

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