TY  - BOOK
AU  - Susan A. Gelman
TI  - The essential child: origins of essentialism in everyday thought
SN  - 0195154061
U1  - 155.41323 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Children--Language
KW  - Cognition in children
KW  - Categorization (Psychology) in children
N1  - 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?
ER  -