'No fair, copycat!': What children's response to plagiarism tells us about their understanding of ideas

Developmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 431-439

  Olson, Kristina R ^a   Shaw, Alex ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLISHING; THINKING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAGIARISM; THINKING;

EID: 79954582441     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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