Children's assumption of the conventionality of culture

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-195

  Diesendruck, Gil ^a   Markson, Lori ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Conventions; Culture; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961239909     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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