Learning from others: Children's construction of concepts

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2009, Pages 115-140

  Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental psychology; Language; Parental input

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRUST;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRUST; VOCABULARY;

EID: 60549088114     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093659     Document Type: Review

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