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The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us about the Mind

by Alison Gopnik

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This exciting book by three pioneers in the new field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children know and learn, and how much parents naturally teach them. It argues that evolution designed us both to teach and learn, and that the drive to learn is our most important instinct. It also reveals as fascinating insights about our adult capacities and how even young children — as well as adults — use some of the same methods that allow scientists to learn so much about the world. Filled with surprise at every turn, this vivid, lucid, and often funny book gives us a new view of the inner life of children and the mysteries of the mind.

About the Author

Alison Gopnik, Ph.D. is a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley and a leading cognitive scientist. She is past president of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology and is the author of more than seventy papers on philosophy, psychology, and children's early learning. She has also written for The New York Review of Books and The Times Literary Supplement. Mother of three, she lives with her family in Berkeley, California.

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Understanding how babies think and learn helps us understand ourselves.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780688177881
Author:
Gopnik, Alison
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Author:
Andrew N.
Author:
Kuhl, Patricia K.
Author:
O'Connor, Jane
Author:
Gopnik, Alison M.
Author:
by Alison Gopnik and Andrew N Meltzoff
Author:
Glasser, Robin Preiss
Author:
Meltzoff, Andrew N.
Author:
Meltzoff
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Developmental Psychology
Subject:
Child Psychology
Subject:
Cognition
Subject:
Learning, psychology of
Subject:
Cognition in children
Subject:
Developmental - Child
Subject:
Developmental - General
Subject:
Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent
Subject:
Child Development
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:
Psychology : General
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Perennial ed.
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series:
Fancy Nancy
Series Volume:
00-13.
Publication Date:
20001231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from PreS to 3
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 1.17 in 19.04 oz
Age Level:
from 4 to 8

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