Preschoolers' understanding of knowing-that and knowing-how in the United States and Hong Kong

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 562-573

  Tardif, Twila ^a   Wellman, Henry M ^a   Fung, Kitty Yau Fong ^b   Liu, David ^a,c   Fang, Fuxi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cantonese; Chinese preschoolers; Knowing how; Knowing that; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444461645     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.3.562     Document Type: Article

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