'I bet you know more and are nicer too!': What children infer from others' accuracy

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 772-778

  Brosseau Liard, Patricia E ^a   Birch, Susan A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955740783     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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