The essential child : origins of essentialism in everyday thought

The essential child : origins of essentialism in everyday thought / Susan A. Gelman.

This text synthesizes 15 years of empirical research on essentialism into a coherent framework, examining children's thinking and ways in which language influences thought. It shows that children do not come into the world as passive recipients of data.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gelman, Susan A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:Oxford series in cognitive development.
Subjects:
Categorization (Psychology) in children.
Cognition in children.
Children > Language.
Thought and thinking.
Child psychology.
Children.
thinking.
children (people by age group)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Thought and thinking
Children
Child psychology
Categorization (Psychology) in children
Children > Language
Cognition in children
Cognitieve ontwikkeling.
Catégorisation.
Développement mental.
Développement de l'enfant.
Essentialisme.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Part I: Notes on research methods
  • The 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?

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