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Learning from Others : Children's Construction of Concepts by GELMAN, Susan A

“…Much of children's knowledge is derived not from their direct experiences with the environment but rather from the input of others. However, until recently,…”
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Who's the Boss? Concepts of Social Power Across Development by Gülgöz, Selin, Gelman, Susan A.

“…Power differences are observed in children's early relationships, yet little is known about how children conceptualize social power. Study 1 recruited adults…”
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Looking Beyond the Obvious by Gelman, Susan A.

“…A hallmark of human cognition is the capacity to think about observable experience in ways that are nonobvious-from scientific concepts (genes, molecules) to…”
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How language shapes the cultural inheritance of categories by Gelman, Susan A., Roberts, Steven O.

“…It is widely recognized that language plays a key role in the transmission of human culture, but relatively little is known about the mechanisms by which…”
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How “you” makes meaning by Orvell, Ariana, Kross, Ethan, Gelman, Susan A.

“…“You” is one of the most common words in the English language. Although it typically refers to the person addressed (“How are you?”), “you” is also used to…”
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Scientific and Folk Theories of Viral Transmission: A Comparison of COVID-19 and the Common Cold by Labotka, Danielle, Gelman, Susan A.

“…Disease transmission is a fruitful domain in which to examine how scientific and folk theories interrelate, given laypeople’s access to multiple sources of…”
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Preschoolers' Search for Explanatory Information Within Adult-Child Conversation by Frazier, Brandy N., Gelman, Susan A., Wellman, Henry M.

“…This research examined children's questions and the reactions to the answers they receive in conversations with adults. If children actively seek explanatory…”
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Concepts and Folk Theories by Gelman, Susan A, Legare, Cristine H

“…Human cognition is characterized by enormous variability and structured by universal psychological constraints. The focus of this article is on the development…”
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Perceptions of the Malleability of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence by Sun, Xin, Nancekivell, Shaylene, Gelman, Susan A., Shah, Priti

“…There is significant variation in lay people's beliefs about the nature of intelligence: Some believe that intelligence is relatively fixed and innate, whereas…”
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Linguistic Shifts: A Relatively Effortless Route to Emotion Regulation? by Orvell, Ariana, Ayduk, Özlem, Moser, Jason S., Gelman, Susan A., Kross, Ethan

“…Prior research indicates that psychological distance facilitates emotion regulation. Here, we propose that the ability to transcend one’s immersed perspective…”
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The Nonobvious Basis of Ownership: Preschool Children Trace the History and Value of Owned Objects by Gelman, Susan A., Manczak, Erika M., Noles, Nicholaus S.

“…For adults, ownership is nonobvious: (a) determining ownership depends more on an object's history than on perceptual cues, and (b) ownership confers special…”
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Gender essentialism in transgender and cisgender children by Gülgöz, Selin, DeMeules, Madeleine, Gelman, Susan A, Olson, Kristina R

“…Children, across cultures, show an early-emerging tendency to essentialize gender, viewing gender as inborn and predictive of stereotypical preferences…”
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A simple explanation for declining temperature sensitivity with warming by Wolkovich, E. M., Auerbach, J., Chamberlain, C. J., Buonaiuto, D. M., Ettinger, A. K., Morales‐Castilla, I., Gelman, A.

“…Recently, multiple studies have reported declining phenological sensitivities (∆ days per ℃) with higher temperatures. Such observations have been used to…”
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Bewitchment, Biology, or Both: The Co‐Existence of Natural and Supernatural Explanatory Frameworks Across Development by Legare, Cristine H., Gelman, Susan A.

“…Three studies examined the co‐existence of natural and supernatural explanations for illness and disease transmission, from a developmental perspective. The…”
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Growth mindset and academic outcomes: a comparison of US and Chinese students by Sun, Xin, Nancekivell, Shaylene, Gelman, Susan A., Shah, Priti

“…Chinese students are more likely than US students to hold a malleable view of success in school, yet are more likely to hold fixed mindsets about intelligence…”
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Robots and Rodents: Children's Inferences About Living and Nonliving Kinds by Jipson, Jennifer L., Gelman, Susan A.

“…This study tests the firm distinction children are said to make between living and nonliving kinds. Three, 4-, and 5year-old children and adults reasoned about…”
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Immune Response to Tissue‐Restricted Self‐Antigens Induces Airway Inflammation and Fibrosis Following Murine Lung Transplantation by Subramanian, V., Ramachandran, S., Banan, B., Bharat, A., Wang, X., Benshoff, N., Kreisel, D., Gelman, A. E., Mohanakumar, T.

“…Immune responses against lung‐associated self‐antigens (self‐Ags) are hypothesized to play a role in the development of chronic lung graft rejection. We…”
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Quantified statements are recalled as generics: Evidence from preschool children and adults by Leslie, Sarah-Jane, Gelman, Susan A.

“…► Adults and preschoolers were tested for their recall of generalizations about kinds. ► The generalizations were either generics or quantified statements. ►…”
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The Role of Neutrophils in Transplanted Organs by Scozzi, D., Ibrahim, M., Menna, C., Krupnick, A. S., Kreisel, D., Gelman, A. E.

“…Neutrophils are often viewed as nonspecialized effector cells whose presence is a simple indicator of tissue inflammation. There is new evidence that…”
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How Spanish speakers express norms using generic person markers by Salvador, Cristina E., Orvell, Ariana, Kross, Ethan, Gelman, Susan A.

“…Language is one powerful vehicle for transmitting norms—a universal feature of society. In English, people use “you” generically (e.g., “You win some you lose…”
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