Categories influence predictions about individual consistency

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1270-1287

  Rhodes, Marjorie ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 51949097005     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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