Looks aren't everything: 24-month-olds' willingness to accept unexpected labels

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-111

  Jaswal, Vikram K ^a   Markman, Ellen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847672636     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0801_5     Document Type: Article

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