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The essential child : origins of essentialism in everyday thought / Susan A. Gelman.
LIBRA BF723.C27 G45 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gelman, Susan A.
- Series:
- Oxford series in cognitive development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Categorization (Psychology) in children.
- Cognition in children.
- Children--Language.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- x, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Inductive potential of categories
- Hidden, nonobvious properties
- Children's conceptions of nature and nurture
- Causal explanations, causal determinism
- Conclusions to part I
- What parents say
- and do not say
- about essences
- Essentialism in language
- Theory theories and DAM theories
- Unfinished business
- Why do we essentialize?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-367) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0195154061
- OCLC:
- 50091849
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