Bigger knows better: Young children selectively learn rule games from adults rather than from peers

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 785-798

  Rakoczy, Hannes ^a,b   Hamann, Katharina ^b   Warneken, Felix ^b,c   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; PEER GROUP; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049411296     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151009X479178     Document Type: Article

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