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Parenting styles and the development of the categorical self: A longitudinal study on mirror self-recognition in Cameroonian Nso and German families

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Parenting styles and the development of the categorical self: A longitudinal study on mirror self-recognition in Cameroonian Nso and German families

Heidi Keller, Joscha Kärtner, Joern Borke, Relindis Dzeaye Yovsi, Astrid Kleis · 2005 · International Journal of Behavioral Development

Children
Not given in the summary we read
Where
Germany and Nso families in Cameroon
Ages
18 to 20 months
How
Researchers ran the mirror test
What it found
German toddlers passed the mirror test more often than Nso toddlers in Cameroon at 18 to 20 months.
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