Young Children's Sensitivity to Speaker Gender When Learning From Others

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-119

  Ma, Lili ^a   Woolley, Jacqueline D ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; CHILD; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WITNESS;

EID: 84872382287     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2011.638687     Document Type: Article

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