Theories of Development of the Object Concept

Theories of Infant Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 174-203

  Johnson, Scott P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Cognition; Cognitive systems; Empirical approaches; Object oriented activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750897328     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752180.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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