Developmental antecedents and social and academic consequences of stereotype-consciousness in middle childhood

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1643-1659

  McKown, Clark ^a   Strambler, Michael J ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARENTING; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 72449164461     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01359.x     Document Type: Article

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