'I Won't Trust You if I Think You're Trying to Deceive Me': Relations Between Selective Trust, Theory of Mind, and Imitation in Early Childhood

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-371

  DiYanni, Cara ^a   Nini, Deniela ^a   Rheel, Whitney ^a   Livelli, Alicia ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DAY CARE; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMITATION; INDIAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING; TRUST;

EID: 84863961559     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2011.590462     Document Type: Article

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