Conversation, development, and gender: A study of changes in children's concepts of punishment

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 958-971

  Leman, Patrick J ^a   Björnberg, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PEER GROUP; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIALIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PUNISHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE MORAL JUDGMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIALIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953804802     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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