Children's informational reliance during inconsistent communication: The public-private distinction

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-228

  Eskritt, Michelle ^a   Lee, Kang ^b  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Display rules; Inconsistent communication; Nonverbal communication; Pragmatic development; Public private distinction; Real and apparent emotion; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEPTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORTH AMERICA; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECEPTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORTH AMERICA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649458054     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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