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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gelman, Susan A.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Collection:Oxford series in cognitive development.
Sujets:
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
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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