How Preschoolers Use Cues of Dominance to Make Sense of Their Social Environment

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 587-607

  Charafeddine, Rawan ^a,b   Mercier, Hugo ^c   Clément, Fabrice ^c   Kaufmann, Laurence ^d   Berchtold, André ^d   Reboul, Anne ^a   Van der Henst, Jean Baptiste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84940876548     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2014.926269     Document Type: Article

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