Preschoolers' magical explanations for violations of physical, social, and mental laws

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-260

  Browne, Cheryl A ^a   Woolley, Jacqueline D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGIC; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4444324459     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0502_4     Document Type: Article

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