Gender schema and prejudicial recall: How children misremember, fabricate, and distort gendered picture book information

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-303

  Frawley, Timothy J ^a  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 43849087486     PISSN: 02568543     EISSN: 21502641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02568540809594628     Document Type: Article

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