Alison Gopnik

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1) The scientist in the crib: what early learning tells us about the mind

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Gopnik, Alison

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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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...

2) The gardener and the carpenter: what the new science of child development tells us about the relationship between parents and children

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Gopnik, Alison

Pub. Date

2016.

Edition

1st edition.

Language

English

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"Alison Gopnik, a leading developmental psychologist, illuminates the paradoxes of parenthood from a scientific perspective"-- "Caring deeply about our children is part of what makes us human. Yet the thing we call 'parenting' is a surprisingly new invention. In the past thirty years, the concept of parenting and the multibillion dollar industry surrounding it have transformed child care into obsessive, controlling, and goal-oriented labor intended...