The essential child : origins of essentialism in everyday thought /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gelman, Susan A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Colección:Oxford series in cognitive development.
Temas:
Categorization (Psychology) in children.
Cognition in children.
Children > Language.
Catégorisation chez l'enfant.
Cognition chez l'enfant.
Categorization (Psychology) in children
Children > Language
Cognition in children
Kind
Kognition
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?

Ejemplares similares