Covariation, causality, and language: Developing a causal structure of the social world

Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 174-181

  Rudolph, Udo ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attribution; Causality; Covariation; Developmental psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849105987     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335.39.3.174     Document Type: Article

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