Why the Child's Theory of Mind Really Is a Theory
dc.contributor.author | Gopnik, Alison | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wellman, Henry M. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T20:19:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T20:19:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1992-03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | GOPNIK, ALISON; WELLMAN, HENRY M. (1992). "Why the Child's Theory of Mind Really Is a Theory." Mind & Language 7(1-2): 145-171. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73444> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0268-1064 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1468-0017 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73444 | |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | 1992 Blackwell Publishers Ltd. | en_US |
dc.title | Why the Child's Theory of Mind Really Is a Theory | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Linguistics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Centre for Human Growth and Development University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48109 | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Psychology Uniuerszty of California, Berkeley Berkeley, C A 94720 | en_US |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1468-0017.1992.tb00202.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Mind & Language | en_US |
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