Enhancing Building, Conversation, and Learning Through Caregiver-Child Interactions in a Children's Museum

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 502-515

  Benjamin, Nora ^a   Haden, Catherine A ^b   Wilkerson, Erin ^b  

^a Department of Psychology

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiver training; children's learning; cognitive development; conversational style; event memory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION CENTER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MUSEUMS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949431110     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017822     Document Type: Article

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