Preschoolers Infer Ownership From "Control of Permission"

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 873-876

  Neary, Karen R ^a   Friedman, Ori ^a   Burnstein, Corinna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ownership; possession; property; right to exclude; social cognition

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65649119665     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014088     Document Type: Article

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