Going with the flow: Preschoolers prefer nondissenters as informants

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-377

  Corriveau, Kathleen H ^a,b   Fusaro, Maria ^b   Harris, Paul L ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 62349083656     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02291.x     Document Type: Article

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