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The essential child [electronic resource] : origins of essentialism in everyday thought / Susan A. Gelman.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Oxford cognitive developmentPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (x, 382 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780195154061
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 155.41323 22
LOC classification:
  • BF723.C27
Online resources: Summary: 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.
Item type: eBooks
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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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