Rethinking private speech in preschoolers: The effects of social presence

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 829-836

  McGonigle Chalmers, Maggie ^a   Slater, Hannah ^a   Smith, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Preschool children; Private speech; Social presence

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895164538     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033909     Document Type: Article

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