Perspectives on culture and concepts

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 249-275

  Ojalehto, Bethany L ^a   Medin, Douglas L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual domains; Conceptual organization; Cultural epistemologies; Folk theories; Language

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE;

CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 84964260855     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015120     Document Type: Review

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