Understanding the mind Flashcards
(15 cards)
at what age did Murphy 1977 find children reliably follow pointing
9m
at what age do children understand others may have different views on the same thing
3y
who found that at 3y children understand others may have different views on the same thing
Masangkay 1974
what does appearance-reality mean
an object can be seen in different ways depending on the schema
who studies into appearance-reality
Flavell 1988
what did Flavell 1988 do in his appearance-reality study
showed 3 and 4yrs a rock that felt like a sponge
asked children what does it look like and what does it feel like
what did Flavell 1988 find from his appearance -reality study
3 - answered sponge for both
4 - answered correctly
what is false belief
assesses whether children understand that their perceptions and beliefs can be wrong
what are the 2 main studies for false belief
Perner 1987 - smarties and pencils
Baron-Cohen 1985 - sally anne box
by what age do children understand false belief tasks
5
what are the two main theories of theory of mind
domain specific - innate
domain general - cognitive
who supports the domain specific view of theory of mind
Leslie 1987 - TOM requires secondary representation and meta representation
Cohen 2015 - there is a difference between results in a false belief task and a false neutral task which shows there is a specialised system involved
who supports the domain general view of theory of mind
Wellman 1991 - TOM develops overtime with experience
Lao 2011 - performance on false belief task improved with training
who believes that autistic people have a domain specific effect
Senju 2012 - there is a dedicated mechanism that processes mental states
who believes that autistic people do not have a domain specific effect
Bowler 2005 - autism is linked to more impaired general functioning such as impaired executive function
