Beyond Labeling
The Role of Maternal Input in the Acquisition of Richly Structured Categories
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 11. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-631-22458-7 (ISBN)
Description
Recent research shows that pre-school children are skilled classifiers, using categories to organize information and extend knowledge. Focusing on the role of maternal input, this monograph provides one of the first detailed examinations of how mothers convey information about category structure to their children.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 200 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-22458-7 (9780631224587)
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Person
Susan A. Gelman is currently Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of psychology and linguistics and the director of the Conceptual Development Laboratory at the University of Michigan.
Content
Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Ancient and Medieval World
Mesopotamia and Classical Antiquity
European Feudalism from its Emergence through it's Decline
The Americas
Argentina: Fernando Scornik Gerstein
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Jamaica and Other Caribbean States
Mexico: Manuel Perlo Cohen
The United States
Europe
Denmark
Estonia
FinlandvPekka Virtanen
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Africa
Nations of Eastern Africa
Republic of South Africa
Asia
Abu Dhabi
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Hong Kong and Singapore
Japan
Kiao-chau
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Papau New Guinea
The Antipodes
Australia
New Zealand
Contributors
Index
Introduction
The Ancient and Medieval World
Mesopotamia and Classical Antiquity
European Feudalism from its Emergence through it's Decline
The Americas
Argentina: Fernando Scornik Gerstein
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Jamaica and Other Caribbean States
Mexico: Manuel Perlo Cohen
The United States
Europe
Denmark
Estonia
FinlandvPekka Virtanen
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Africa
Nations of Eastern Africa
Republic of South Africa
Asia
Abu Dhabi
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Hong Kong and Singapore
Japan
Kiao-chau
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Papau New Guinea
The Antipodes
Australia
New Zealand
Contributors
Index