Reciprocal associations between young children's developing moral judgments and theory of mind

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1144-1155

  Smetana, Judith G ^a   Jambon, Marc ^a   Conry Murray, Clare ^b   Sturge Apple, Melissa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Moral judgments; Preschool children; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUNISHMENT; STATISTICS; THEORY OF MIND; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; PUNISHMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THEORY OF MIND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871887473     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025891     Document Type: Article

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