The Generic/Nongeneric Distinction Influences How Children Interpret New Information About Social Others

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 471-492

  Cimpian, Andrei ^a   Markman, Ellen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953012628     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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