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The essential child : origins of essentialism in everyday thought /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gelman, Susan A.
Format: Book
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.
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?