The essential child [electronic resource] : origins of essentialism in everyday thought / Susan A. Gelman.
Series: Oxford cognitive developmentPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (x, 382 p.) : illISBN:- 9780195154061
- 155.41323 22
- BF723.C27

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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.