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| thinking about the perceptions, thoughts, emotions, motives, and behavior of self, other people, groups, and whole social systems (learning to take the perspective of other people |
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| assesses the understanding that people can hold incorrect beliefs and these beliefs can influence their behavior |
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| a theory of mind (aka mind reading skills) |
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| the understanding that people have mental states such as desires, beliefs, and intentions ad these mental states guide their behavior |
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| both looking at the same object at the same time |
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| imitation of other people in the 1st year of life reveals an ability to mentally represent their actions (and likely goals and intentions behind them) |
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| reflects an understanding that other people have emotions and that these emotions can be influenced for good or bad |
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| children's theories of mind unfold in two phases: |
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desire psychology
belief-desire psychology |
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age 2
talk about what they want and explain their own behavior and that of others in terms of wants/desires |
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age 4
they appreciate that people do what they do because they desire certain things and they believe certain actions will help them fulfill their desires |
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