I thought she knew that would hurt my feelings: Developing psychological knowledge and moral thinking

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue , 2006, Pages 131-171

  Wainryb, Cecilia ^a   Brehl, Beverly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MORALS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 33746339579     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2407(06)80006-6     Document Type: Article

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