Children's Attention to Interactions Directed to Others: Guatemalan Mayan and European American Patterns

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 630-641

  Correa Chávez, Maricela ^a   Rogoff, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; culture; indigenous; learning; observation

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECREATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 65649116176     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014144     Document Type: Article

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