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082 _a155.41323
_bSUS/E
100 _aSusan A. Gelman
245 4 _aThe essential child: origins of essentialism in everyday thought/
_cSusan A. Gelman
260 _aOxford:
_bOxford University Press,
_c2003.
300 _ax, 382 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
440 _a(Oxford series in cognitive development)
505 _aIntroduction 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?
650 _aChildren--Language
650 _aCognition in children
650 _aCategorization (Psychology) in children
942 _cWB16