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Peer reviewedKestenbaum, Roberta; Gelman, Susan A. – Cognitive Development, 1995
Explores the extent of preschoolers' knowledge of mixed emotions, and whether difficulty in discerning mixed emotions stems from beliefs about how emotions are portrayed on the face. Found that both four- and five-year olds can identify mixed emotions. Only five-year olds (with appropriate scaffolding and with simple, clear stories) can…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
