Children's evaluation of sources of information about traits

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 636-647

  Heyman, Gail D ^a   Legare, Cristine H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 23844547911     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.4.636     Document Type: Article

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