| Young Children's Naive Thinking about the Biological World Contributor(s): Hatano, Giyoo (Author), Inagaki, Kayoko (Author) |
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ISBN: 1841690414 ISBN-13: 9781841690414 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2002 Annotation: This book is a study of young children's naive biology. It examines such theoretical issues as processes, conditions and mechanisms in conceptual development using the development of biological understanding as the target case. Based on the review of recent studies in the North America and Australia as well as in Japan, the authors claim that children as young as five years of age, that is, before formal schooling, possess a naive theory of biology, which is differentiated from naive theories of psychology and physics. They characterize this initial form of biology as personifying and vitalistic. At a more general level, the authors try to offer an integrative and moderate model of conceptual development as a domain-specific construction of theory-like knowledge systems under cognitive and sociocultural constraints. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - Child - Education | Elementary |
| Dewey: 372.357 |
| LCCN: 2002017789 |
| Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.94" W x 9.7" (1.08 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presents research on the topic of young children's naive biology, examining such theoretical issues as processes, conditions and mechanisms in conceptual development using the development of biological understanding as the target case. |