Inductive inferences across time and identity: Are category members more alike than single individuals?

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-252

  Lawson, Christopher A ^a,b   Kalish, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Educational and Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PLAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; TIME;

EID: 33746154598     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0702_5     Document Type: Article

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