Apes, monkeys, children, and the growth of mind

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Title:

Author:

Gómez, Juan Carlos, 1959-

ISBN:

9780674011458

Personal Author:

Gómez, Juan Carlos, 1959-

Publication Information:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2004.

Physical Description:

xi, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

The developing child

Series Title:

The developing child

Contents:

1. Hands, faces, and infancy : the origins of primate minds -- 2. Perceiving a world of objects -- 3. Practical intelligence : doing things with objects -- 4. Understanding relations between objects : causality -- 5. The logic of object relations -- 6. Objects in the world -- 7. Faces, gestures, and calls -- 8. Understanding other subjects -- 9. Social learning, imitation, and culture -- 10. Consciousness and language -- 11. Learning from comparisons : the evolution of cognitive developments.

Abstract:

"What can the study of young monkeys and apes tell us about the minds of young humans? In this introduction to the study of primate minds, Juan Carlos Gomez identifies evolutionary resemblances - and differences - between human children and other primates. He argues that primate minds are best understood not as fixed collections of specialized cognitive capacities, but more dynamically, as a range of abilities that can surpass their original adaptations."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Cognition in children.

Psychology, Comparative.

Primates -- Psychology.

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In this fascinating introduction to the study of primate minds, Gomez identifies evolutionary resemblances--and differences--between human children and other primates. He argues that primate minds are best understood not as fixed collections of specialized cognitive capacities, but more dynamically, as a range of abilities that can surpass their original adaptations.