Preschool children favor copying a successful individual over an unsuccessful group

Developmental Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1014-1024

  Wilks, Matti ^a   Collier Baker, Emma ^a   Nielsen, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 84943621031     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12274     Document Type: Article

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