Differentiation in Preschooler's Categories of Emotion

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 651-661

  Widen, Sherri C ^a   Russell, James A ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Differentiation; Emotion understanding; Labeling

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 78249275852     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019005     Document Type: Article

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