Probing predispositions: The pragmatism of a process perspective

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-93

  Moore, David S ^a  

^a PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Core knowledge; Developmental systems theory; Nativism; Nature nurture; Predispositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749109899     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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