Young children's understanding of the context-relativity of normative rules in conventional games

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 445-456

  Rakoczy, Hannes ^a   Brosche, Nina ^a   Warneken, Felix ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 67249135217     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X337752     Document Type: Article

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