Young children's analogical reasoning across cultures: Similarities and differences

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 146-153

  Richland, Lindsey Engle ^a   Chan, Tsz Kit ^b   Morrison, Robert G ^c   Au, Terry Kit Fong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Cognitive development; Cross cultural; Inhibitory control; Reasoning; Representational thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450223883     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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