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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford series in cognitive developmentPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: x, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0195154061 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.4/1323 21
LOC classification:
  • BF723.C27 G45 2003
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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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-367) and indexes.

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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