Individual differences in theory of mind implications for typical and atypical development

Over the last fifteen years, developmentalists, cognitive scientists, philosophers, educators and clinicians have considered the acquisition of a theory of mind - the capacity to predict and explain behavior on the basis of internal, subjective mental states - to be one of the crucial cognitive achi...

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Otros Autores: Repacholi, Betty (-), Slaughter, Virginia
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Psychology Press 2003.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Macquarie monographs in cognitive science.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798045706719
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  • Individual Differences in Theory of Mind Implications for Typical and Atypical Development; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; 1 Introduction Individual Differences in Theory of Mind: What Are We Investigating?; 2 Sometimes Necessary, Never Sufficient: False-Belief Understanding and Social Competence; 3 Bypassing Empathy: A Machiavellian Theory of Mind and Sneaky Power; 4 Theory of Mind, Machiavellianism, and Social Functioning in Childhood; 5 ToM Goes to School: Social Cognition and Social Values in Bullying
  • 6 Individual Differences in Theory of Mind: The Preschool Years and Beyond7 Did Cain Fail to Represent the Thoughts of Abel Before He Killed Him?: The Relationship Between Theory of Mind and Aggression; 8 The Social Face of Theory of Mind: The Development of Concepts of Emotion, Desire, Visual Perspective, and False Belief in Deaf and Hearing Children; 9 Exploring the Relationship Between Theory of Mind and Social-Communicative Functioning in Children with Autism; 10 Mind Reading and Social Functioning in Children with Autistic Disorder and Asperger's Disorder
  • 11 Theory of Mind and Social Dysfunction: Psychotic Solipsism Versus Autistic Asociality12 Theory of Mind in Autism and Schizophrenia: A Case of Overoptimistic Reverse Engineering; 13 Synthesis: Psychological Understanding and Social Skills; Author Index; Subject Index