Wherein lies children's intergroup bias? Egocentrism, social understanding, and social projection

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1579-1593

  Abrams, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROJECTION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 80052555948     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01617.x     Document Type: Article

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