A developmental examination of the conceptual structure of animal, artifact, and human social categories across two cultural contexts

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-274

  Rhodes, Marjorie ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Categorization; Cognitive development; Concepts; Culture; Gender; Na ve biology; Natural kinds; Race; Social categories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMANS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549135257     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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