Developmental changes in the consideration of sample diversity in inductive reasoning

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-143

  Rhodes, Marjorie ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^a   Brickman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCTIVE REASONING; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAMPLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

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EID: 41449105789     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370701836626     Document Type: Article

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