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The Essential Child: Origins of Essentialism in Everyday Thought (Oxford Series
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The Essential Child: Origins of Essentialism in Everyday Thought (Oxford Series in Cognitive Development) Cloth - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Susan A. Gelman

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Small plain label to ffep.
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I begin this book with a confession: I was a child essentialist.

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About the author

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.