Conceptual Change in Childhood

by Susan Carey

Book Overview

Are children fundamentally different kinds of thinkers than adults? Or are the cognitive differences between young children and adults merely a matter of accumulation of knowledge? In this book, Susan Carey develops an alternative to these two ways of thinking about childhood cognition, putting forth the idea of conceptual change and its relation to the development of knowledge systems. Conceptual Change in Childhood is a case study of children's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262031108
• ISBN13: 9780262031103
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.