What is to be done? Children's ascriptions of conventional obligations

Child Development

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 859-878

  Kalish, Charles W ^a,b   Cornelius, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Ed Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 34248676039     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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