Do humans belong with nature? The influence of personal vs. abstract contexts on human-nature categorization at different stages of development

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-13

  Levin, Wallis E ^a   Unsworth, Sara J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Folkbiology; Human nature categorization; Priming; Stages of development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869015089     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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