An investigation of preschoolers' misattributions of the properties of two-dimensional images: Understanding the relationship between a symbol and its referent

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-312

  Claxton, Laura J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual representation; Iconic realism; Pictures; Preschoolers; Symbolic understanding; Televised images

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958838911     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.699     Document Type: Article

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