Definitions and developmental processes in research on infant morality

Human Development

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 241-249

  Dahl, Audun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infancy; Looking time methodology; Moral development

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FOOD PREFERENCE; GUILT; HUMAN; INFANT MORALITY; MORALITY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHAME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; AMBIGUITY; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT MORTALITY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 84906703136     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000364919     Document Type: Note

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