Folkbiology meets microbiology: A study of conceptual and behavioral change

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Au, Terry Kit fong ^a   Chan, Carol K K ^a   Chan, Tsz kit ^a   Cheung, Mike W L ^b   Ho, Johnson Y S ^a   Ip, Grace W M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG SHUE YAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Biology; Causal mechanism; Coherence; Colds; Conceptual change; Folkbiology; Germs; Infectious disease; Knowledge enrichment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLKLORE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 45449099239     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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