Gender and age effects interact in preschoolers' help-seeking: Evidence for differential responses to changes in task difficulty

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1107-1120

  Thompson, R Bruce ^a   Cothran, Thomas ^a   McCall, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84867463671     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: 14697602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S030500091100047X     Document Type: Article

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