Trusting what you're told : how children learn from others
Title:
Trusting what you're told : how children learn from others
Author:
Harris, Paul L.
ISBN:
9780674503830
Publication Information:
London : Belknap Harvard, 2012.
Physical Description:
253 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Abstract:
If children were little scientists who learn best through firsthand observations and mini-experiments, how would a child discover that the earth is round--never mind conceive of heaven as a place someone might go after death? Trusting What You're Told begins by reminding us of a basic truth: Most of what we know we learned from others.
Early learning from testimony -- Children's questions -- Learning from a demonstration -- Moroccan birds and twisted tubes -- Trusting those you know? -- Consensus and dissent -- Moral judgment and testimony -- Knowing what is real -- Death and the afterlife -- Magic and miracles -- Going native.
Subject:
| Learning, Psychology of. |
| Children. |
Summary:
If children were little scientists who learn best through firsthand observations and mini-experiments, how would a child discover that the earth is round--never mind conceive of heaven as a place someone might go after death? Trusting What You're Told begins by reminding us of a basic truth: Most of what we know we learned from others.
Early learning from testimony -- Children's questions -- Learning from a demonstration -- Moroccan birds and twisted tubes -- Trusting those you know? -- Consensus and dissent -- Moral judgment and testimony -- Knowing what is real -- Death and the afterlife -- Magic and miracles -- Going native.