Children's beliefs about everyday reasoning

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 443-464

  Amsterlaw, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33645074399     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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