Evolutionary Developmental Psychology

The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 828-850

  Bjorklund, David F ^a   Blasi, Carlos Hernández ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Evolutionary developmental psychology (EDP); Human development; Real world problems; Social development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987825321     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939376.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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