Modules, Theories, or Islands of Expertise? Domain specificity in socialization

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 715-719

  Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COGNITION; CONTROL; DRIVE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DRIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 77953802175     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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