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What is theory of mind

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Being able to attribute mental states e.g thoughts and beliefs to others

2
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What are primary levels of representation

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1st year of life

Children are tied to reality by a single updating model

3
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What are secondary levels of representations

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2nd year of life

Children have multiple models that allow representations of different situations

4
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What are 3 abilities that require 2 models in secondary representation

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  1. Mirror recognition
  2. Pretend play
  3. Ability to deny
5
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What did Hummer, Wimmer and Antes find to do with secondary levels of representation

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Looked at ability to deny

Older they children, deny objects more

6
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What 2 ways can false belief be measured

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  1. Implicitly

2. Explicitly

7
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What are 2 examples of false belief being measured explicitly

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  1. Sally Anne task - children shown 2 dolls. Sally puts her ball under her basket and then leaves. Anne then moves Sally’s ball and puts it under her box. Children under 4 will say Sally will look for the ball under the box
  2. smarties task - children asked what is in a box saying smarties. Say smarties but shown it is pencils. Children under 4 say that another child will say it is pencils when asked what is in box
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At what age do children complete explicit false belief tasks

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4

9
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What are 3 social consequences of theory of mind

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  1. Deception
  2. Sabotage
  3. Competition
10
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What did Perner & Roessler (2012) do and find to do with theory of mind

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children as sensitive at age 1-2 to false belief but explicit tasks e.g sally anne task are too complicted

can pass implicit tasks