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Young children's naive thinking about the biological world

Psychology Press eBooksPublished 1 January 2002
佳世子 稲垣, 誼余夫 波多野
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TL;DR

This book discusses Naive Biology as a Core Domain of Thought, Personification as Analogy in Biological Understanding, and the Distinction between Biological and Psychological Processes.

Abstract

Naive Biology as a Core Domain of Thought. The Living-nonliving Distinction. Personification as Analogy in Biological Understanding. The Distinction between Biological and Psychological Processes. Vitalistic Causality. Construction of Naive Biology under Cognitive and Sociocultural Constraints. Conceptual Change in Naive Biology. Toward Better Understanding of Conceptual Development.

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