Children's Early Understanding of Mind: Origins and Development

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Charlie Lewis, Peter Mitchell
Psychology Press, 1994 - Всего страниц: 493
A major feature of human intelligence is that it allows us to contemplate mental life. Such an understanding is vital in enabling us to function effectively in social groups. This book examines the origins of this aspect of human intelligence.
The five sections attempt firstly, to place human development within an evolutionary context, focusing on the possibility of innate components of understanding. The second aim of the book is to examine the roles of early perception, pretence and communication as precursor skills in the development of a grasp of mental states. Thirdly, attention is given to the possibility that children know a good deal more about the mind than is apparent from many studies designed to probe their abilities. Taken together, the chapters in this book mark a new focus within a 'theory of mind' movement, examining a group of skills in infancy and early childhood which culminate towards the end of the preschool period in a more mature understanding of one's and others' mental states. Drawing together researchers from diverse theoretical positions, the aim is to work towards a coherent and unified account of this fundamental human abiity. This book will be of central relevance to psychologists and those in related disciplines, particularly education and philosophy.

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A Synthesis of Phylogenetic
19
Grades of Mindreading
47
Perceiving Attitudes Conceiving Minds
71
Associations and Dissociations in Theories of Mind
95
Evidence from
133
How Understanding Visual Perception Can Lead to a
157
Neuropsychological and Neurobiological
183
Making Sense of Pretence
211
Changing Minds and Changing Relationships
297
Theory of Mind and the Development of Sociallinguistic
311
Childrens Early Psychological Theory
331
Childrens
355
Early Deception and the Conceptual Continuity Claim
385
Skills
403
Childrens Theory of Mind and the Conversational Territory of Cognitive
427
Episodes Events and Narratives in the Childs Understanding of Mind
457

Understanding Pretence
235
The Conceptual Origins of Belief and Pretence
261
Triangulating Pretence and Belief
287

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