Children's understanding of the transmission of genetic disorders and contagious illnesses.

doi:10.1037/0012-1649.41.1.171

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Children's understanding of the transmission of genetic disorders and contagious illnesses.

Developmental psychology - 1 Jan 2005

Raman Lakshmi, Gelman Susan A

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The authors conducted 4 studies suggesting that children attribute different modes of transmission to genetic disorders and contagious illnesses. Study 1 presented preschoolers through 5th graders and adults with "switched-at-birth" scenarios for various disorders. Study 2 presented preschoolers with the same disorders but used contagion links in a contagion context. Studies 3 and 4 presented preschoolers and...

Topics

Adult
Child
Child Development
Child, Preschool
Cognition
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Knowledge
Male
Risk Factors

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PMID: 15656747
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.1.171

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