Beyond labeling: the role of maternal input in the acquisition of richly structured categories, Issue 253Recent 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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| Title | Beyond labeling: the role of maternal input in the acquisition of richly structured categories, Issue 253 Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Beyond labeling: the role of maternal input in the acquisition of richly structured categories |
| Authors | Susan A. Gelman, Frank C. Keil |
| Editor | Susan A. Gelman |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press, 1998 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jul 21, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0226287076, 9780226287072 |
| Length | 159 pages |
| Subjects | › › Categorization (Psychology) in children Child development Cognition Cognition in children Family & Relationships / Child Development Mother and child Psychology / Cognitive Psychology Psychology / Developmental / Child Psychology / Personality Psychology / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent |
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