Folkbiological reasoning from a cross-cultural developmental perspective: Early essentialist notions are shaped by cultural beliefs

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-308

  Waxman, Sandra ^a,c   Medin, Douglas ^a   Ross, Norbert ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Culture; Development; Essentialist notions; Folkbiological reasoning; Folkbiology; Native Americans; Rural environments; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; COGNITION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33947538310     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.2.294     Document Type: Article

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