Social and experiential influences on the development of inheritance concepts

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-157

  Williams, Joanne M ^a   Smith, Lesley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHERITANCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645539233     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406063630     Document Type: Article

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