Full name: The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind

Author: Alison Gopnik Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Parenting, Non Fiction, Psychology, Science, Education, Children Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780688177881 0688177883

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 some of the same methods that allow scientists to learn so much about the world. Filled with surprise at every turn, this vivid, lucid, and often funny book gives us a new view of the inner life of children and the mysteries of the mind. Similar books: The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik NurtureShock by Po Bronson The psychology of the child by Jean Piaget Brain Rules for Baby by John Medina The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock L. Eide Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn The Primal Teen by Barbara Strauch The Teenage Brain by Frances E. Jensen Between Parent and Child by Haim G. Ginott Hold On to Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld Parenting From the Inside Out by Daniel J. Siegel The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen Brainstorm by Daniel J. Siegel The Optimistic Child by Martin E. P. Seligman Quiet Power by Susan Cain Real Boys by William Pollack Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child The Heart of Parenting by John Gottman The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood