Young children attribute normativity to novel actions without pedagogy or normative language

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 530-539

  Schmidt, Marco F H ^a   Rakoczy, Hannes ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; ETHICAL THEORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CUES; ETHICAL THEORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; TEACHING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79953795712     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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