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Do Lions Have Manes? For Children, Generics Are About Kinds Rather Than Quantities
dc.contributor.authorBrandone, Amanda C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCimpian, Andreien_US
dc.contributor.authorLeslie, Sarah‐janeen_US
dc.contributor.authorGelman, Susan A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-04T18:44:17Z
dc.date.available2013-05-01T17:24:44Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-03en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrandone, Amanda C.; Cimpian, Andrei; Leslie, Sarah‐jane ; Gelman, Susan A. (2012). "Do Lions Have Manes? For Children, Generics Are About Kinds Rather Than Quantities." Child Development 83(2). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/90604>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0009-3920en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-8624en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/90604
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.titleDo Lions Have Manes? For Children, Generics Are About Kinds Rather Than Quantitiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherPrinceton Universityen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherUniversity of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaignen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherLehigh Universityen_US
dc.identifier.pmid22235892en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90604/1/j.1467-8624.2011.01708.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01708.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceChild Developmenten_US
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