Development of beliefs about storybook reality: PAPER

Developmental Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 681-693

  Woolley, Jacqueline D ^a,b   Cox, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO; EMOTION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; REALITY TESTING; RELIGION;

EID: 34547683921     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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