The Essential Child : Origins of Essentialism in Everyday Thought - Couverture rigide

Gelman, Susan A.

 
9780195154061: The Essential Child : Origins of Essentialism in Everyday Thought
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195154061 ISBN 13 : 9780195154061
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Numerous fields stake claims about essentialism but this is the first book to address the issues surrounding essentialism from the perspective of developmental psychology. Gelman synthesizes 15 years of empirical research on essentialism into a coherent framework, examining children's thinking and ways in which language influences thought. She argues that young children's use of concepts such as "dog," "man," or "intelligence," reflects their deep commitment to the presence of these categories' properties that extends beyond the observable information about objects. The presence of this commitment in children also means that they do not come into the world as passive recipients of data, but rather have an organizational scheme that supports categories. This volume will be of interest to developmental, cognitive, and social psychologists, as well as to scholars in cognitive science and philosophy.

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À propos de l?auteur

Susan A. Gelman is the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. She has authored more than one hundred publications on language and cognitive development and has received numerous honors and awards, including a J.S. Guggenheim Fellowship, a Distinguished Scientific Award from the American Psychological Association for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, and a Boyd McCandless Young Scientist Award from Division 7 of the American Psychological Association. She also serves on the editorial board of several journals. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, the National Science Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195154061
ISBN 13 
9780195154061
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
392
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ISBN 10 :  0195181980 ISBN 13 :  9780195181982
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2005
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