Compliance, conversion, and category induction

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-195

  Jaswal, Vikram K ^a   Lima, Olivia K ^a   Small, Jenna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Category induction; Pragmatic demands; Testimony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 56549096041     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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