The development of the representativeness heuristic in young children

2018/06/15 by Samantha Gualtieri, Stephanie Denison · 5 citations
Psychology · #Artificial intelligence #Behavioral and Psychological Studies #Child and Animal Learning Development #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Cultural Differences and Values #Developmental psychology #Heuristic #Heuristics #Personality #Psychology #Relevance (law) #Representativeness heuristic #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2018.05.006

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