Intentionality

Question 1

Intentionality

Answer 1

Beliefs, desires, intentions. (Things that only other agents can have) When you think about a specific person, objec or concept your mental representation is intentional

Question 2

Teleology

Answer 2

Constraints, goals, action (things that inanimate object can have). Explaining phenomena in terms of their purpose, function or goal-directedness

Question 3

Natural pedagogy

Answer 3

Theory to explain how children acquire knowledge thought social learning.
adapted to allow transmission of generic knowledge between individuals.

3 assumptions:
1. intentional communication; sensitive to ostensive communicative signals like eye gaze
2. Relevance; Building referential expectations, paying attention to actions relevant to them.
3. Generalization: Generalize knowledge to new contexts/individuals.

Question 4

Hand using study

Answer 4

In 14 mo, tested the use of head or hands to turn on light
- Imitated the novel action (with head), but only if rational. If it didn’t make sense (non-ostensive condition, or hands occupied) they used the hands

Question 5

Pointing vs grasping

Answer 5

Pointing is considered referential while grasping is not.

The trained condition in pointing/naming looked more towards the target

Question 6

Mastery of embedded clauses

Answer 6

Individuals can effectively comprehend and produce complex sentences that contain embedded clauses; clause within a clause

High performance in this is sign. related to performance on false-belief task