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Alison Gopnik: The Gardener and the Carpenter: What developmental science tells us about relations between parents and children.
Alison Gopnik: The Gardener and the Carpenter: What developmental science tells us about relations between parents and children.
In this Rotman Lecture, co-sponsored with Western Alumni and the London Public Library, renowned author Alison Gopnik asks us to think about parenting as a relationship. ABSTRACT 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, […]
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Alison Gopnik: When children are better learners than adults are: Theory formation, causal models, and the evolution of learning.
Alison Gopnik: When children are better learners than adults are: Theory formation, causal models, and the evolution of learning.
ABSTRACT In the past 15 years, we have discovered that even young children are adept at inferring causal relationship. But are there differences in the ways that younger children, older children and adults learn? And do socioeconomic status and culture make a difference? I will present several studies showing a surprising pattern. Not only can […]