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6 - Developmental Evolution: Rethinking Stability and Variation in Biological Systems

from Part I - Cognitive Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2017

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Robert Lickliter
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Nancy Budwig ,
Elliot Turiel  and
Philip David Zelazo
Nancy Budwig
Affiliation:
Clark University, Massachusetts
Elliot Turiel
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Philip David Zelazo
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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New Perspectives on Human Development , pp. 88 - 105
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