I Don't Want to Pick! Introspection on Uncertainty Supports Early Strategic Behavior

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 726-736

  Lyons, Kristen E ^a,b   Ghetti, Simona ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; UNCERTAINTY;

AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84875298241     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12004     Document Type: Article

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