{"product_id":"words-thoughts-and-theories-learning-development-and-conceptual-change-9780262071758","title":"Words  Thoughts  and Theories (Learning  Development  and Conceptual Change)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWords  Thoughts  and Theories articulates and defends the \"theory theory\" of cognitive and semantic development  the idea that infants and young children  like scientists  learn about the world by forming and revising theories  a view of the origins of knowledge and meaning that has broad implications for cognitive science.  Gopnik and Meltzoff interweave philosophical arguments and empirical data from their own and others research. Both the philosophy and the psychology  the arguments and the data  address the same fundamental epistemological question: How do we come to understand the world around us?  Recently  the theory theory has led to much interesting research. However  this is the first book to look at the theory in extensive detail and to systematically contrast it with other theories. It is also the first to apply the theory to infancy and early childhood  to use the theory to provide a framework for understanding semantic development  and to demonstrate that language acquisition influences theory change in children.  The authors show that children just beginning to talk are engaged in profound restructurings of several domains of knowledge. These restructurings are similar to theory changes in science  and they influence childrens early semantic development  since childrens cognitive concerns shape and motivate their use of very early words. But  in addition  children pay attention to the language they hear around them and this too reshapes their cognition  and causes them to reorganize their theories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45272506466357,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262071754","price":239.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262071758.jpg?v=1780480382","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/words-thoughts-and-theories-learning-development-and-conceptual-change-9780262071758","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}