Children's essentialist reasoning about language and race

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-138

  Kinzler, Katherine D ^a   Dautel, Jocelyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855943750     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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