Like father, like son: young children's understanding of how and why offspring resemble their parents.

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Like father, like son: young children's understanding of how and why offspring resemble their parents.

Child development - 1 Feb 1996

Solomon G E, Johnson S C, Zaitchik D, Carey S

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4 studies investigated the broad claim that preschoolers understand biological inheritance. In Study 1, 4-7-year-old children were told a story in which a boy was born to one man and adopted by another. The biological father was described as having one set of features (e.g., green eyes) and the a...

Topics

Adoption
Adult
Body Image
Child
Child, Preschool
Concept Formation
Father-Child Relations
Female
Gender Identity
Humans
Male
Personality Development
Phenotype

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