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

Gelman, Susan A.
2003
BF723.C27 G45 2003 (Mapit)
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Title
The essential child : origins of essentialism in everyday thought / Susan A. Gelman.
Author
Gelman, Susan A.
ISBN
0195154061 (alk. paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Language
English
Description
x, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number
BF723.C27 G45 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
155.4/1323
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-367) and indexes.
Series
Oxford series in cognitive development.
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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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