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Reasoning about the realities on television: A developmental study

Patricia Morison Doctoral student in the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Minnesota
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Hope Kelly Research Assistant at Harvard Project Zero
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Howard Gardner Senior Research Associate in the School of Education, Harvard University
Pages 229-242 | Accepted 01 Jun 1981, Published online: 18 May 2009

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