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Childhood Cognitive Development By Susan Gelman Released on February 11, 2014 “The field of cognitive development is an exciting one that has undergone a revolution in the past generation, with a wealth of new findings, methods and theoretical ideas that transform our understanding of children’s thinking. ” Find this Book

By Mahzarin R. Banaji and Susan A. Gelman (Apr 23, 2013) Book Link Navigating the social world requires sophisticated cognitive machinery that, although present quite early in crude forms, undergoes significant change across the lifespan. This book will be the first to report on evidence that has accumulated on an unprecedented scale, showing us what

By Susan A. Gelman (Mar 27, 2003) (Oxford Series in Cognitive Development) Essentialism is the idea that certain categories, such as “dog,” “man,” or “intelligence,” have an underlying reality or true nature that gives objects their identity. Where does this idea come from? In this book, Susan Gelman argues that essentialism is an early cognitive