Susan A. Gelman <br/><br/>
The essential child: origins of essentialism in everyday thought/ 
Susan A. Gelman 
 - Oxford:  Oxford University Press,  2003. 
 - x, 382 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - (Oxford series in cognitive development) .
<br/><br/>Introduction to Part I: Notes on research methods --<br/>The inductive potential of categories --<br/>Hidden, nonobvious properties --<br/>Children's conceptions of nature and nurture --<br/>Causal explanations, causal determinism --<br/>Conclusions to Part I --<br/>What parents say --<br/>and do not say --<br/>about essences --<br/>Essentialism in language --<br/>Theory theories and DAM theories --<br/>Unfinished business --<br/>Why do we essentialize? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195154061 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children--Language<br/>Cognition in children<br/>Categorization (Psychology) in children
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>155.41323  / SUS/E