"He hasn't got the real toolkit!" Young children's reasoning about real/not-real status

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1494-1504

  Bunce, Louise ^a   Harris, Margaret ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Fantasy reality distinction; Ontology; Pretense

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; REALITY TESTING;

EID: 84881519455     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030608     Document Type: Article

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