South African children's understanding of aids and flu: Investigating conceptual understanding of cause, treatment and prevention

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-346

  Legare, Cristine H ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Naive biology; South african children; Theories of illness; Understanding aids

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949911453     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156770909X12518536414457     Document Type: Article

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