Making minds : how theory of mind develops / Henry M. Wellman, University of Michigan.

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Wellman, Henry M [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780199334926
9780190207472

Other title:

How theory of mind develops

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BF723 .M355 2014
BF723

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Subject: This book provides a comprehensive examination of how theory of mind develops. Building on previous work, this book pulls together' all that we have learned in the past 25 years to make sense of this powerful everyday theory. This book includes chapters on evolution and the brain bases of theory of mind; updated treatments and explanations of theory; infant theory of mind as the platform for developments in later childhood; and later developments from middle childhood to adulthood, including how we understand extraordinary minds such as those that belong to gods, superheroes, or supernatural beings.

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This book provides a comprehensive examination of how theory of mind develops. Building on previous work, this book pulls together' all that we have learned in the past 25 years to make sense of this powerful everyday theory. This book includes chapters on evolution and the brain bases of theory of mind; updated treatments and explanations of theory; infant theory of mind as the platform for developments in later childhood; and later developments from middle childhood to adulthood, including how we understand extraordinary minds such as those that belong to gods, superheroes, or supernatural beings.

""Cover""; ""Making Minds""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Theory of Mind, Development, and Foundational Human Cognition""; ""1. Developing a Theory of Mind: Initial Overview""; ""2. Preschool Theory of Mind, Part 1: Universal Belief-Desire Understanding""; ""3. Real-World Consequences: Social Action""; ""4. Preschool Theory of Mind, Part 2: Desires, Emotions, Perceptions""; ""5. Extended Progressions in Theory-of-Mind Understanding""; ""6. Theory Theory: Reconstructing Constructivism""; ""7. Alternatives and Extensions""

""8. Infants, Actions, and Mental States""""9. Origins and Development""; ""10. Evolution, Chimps, and Dogs""; ""11. The Social Brain: Neural Regions Developed for Theory of Mind""; ""12. Searching, Learning, and Listening: Exploration, Pedagogy, and Testimony""; ""13. Further Developments: Minds and Brains, Gods and Souls""; ""14. The Landscape of Mind""; ""References""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index""

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