Relationships and children’s discovery of the mind

Social Life and Social Knowledge: Toward a Process Account of Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 171-182

  Dunn, Judy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809587     Document Type: Chapter

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