Children's thinking about their own and others' regret and relief

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 184-191

  Weisberg, Daniel P ^a   Beck, Sarah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counterfactual thinking; Decision making; Emotions; Other; Regret; Relief; Self

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING;

ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THINKING;

EID: 77950858313     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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