Overimitation in kalahari bushman children and the origins of human cultural cognition

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 729-736

  Nielsen, Mark ^a   Tomaselli, Keyan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cross cultural psychology; Culture; Imitation; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOTSWANA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; POPULATION GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUEENSLAND;

ACCULTURATION; BOTSWANA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953790398     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610368808     Document Type: Article

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