Examining the Diversity of Prosocial Behavior: Helping, Sharing, and Comforting in Infancy

Infancy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-247

  Dunfield, Kristen ^a   Kuhlmeier, Valerie A ^a   O'Connell, Laura ^a   Kelley, Elizabeth ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79953313621     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00041.x     Document Type: Article

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