W6D1 Flashcards
(14 cards)
How did they test if kids know others have different preferences?
The researcher clearly indicated she didn’t like the crackers, yet the child offered them to her.
At what age do infants think everyone has the same preferences they do? When do they understand people have different preferences?
14 months; 18 months
What’s the problem the cat in the box experiment?
The child might not be thinking about Suzie’s mind, they might use their own knowledge.
Solution is make Susie’s belief & child’s belief different.
Where do 4-5 year olds think Sally will look in the Sally/Anne task?
The box, where the ball was placed.
When asked what their friends would think is inside the box in the Smarties test, what would infants say?
Pencils, not smarties, which was what was on the box.
What do 24 and 30 month olds do on the screen table experiment?
They put the toy on the experimenter’s side or hid it behind their back.
Deaf children of hearing parents are significantly delayed in Theory of Mind development. Deaf children of deaf parents are not delayed. What is this evidence for?
Evidence that experience, not just innate factors, play a role in Theory of Mind development.
How did children with autism do with the Sally/Anne test?
16 of 20 got it wrong.
How did autistic kids do on the box and triangle test?
They took what was going on literally.
What were the results of the autism telephone experiment?
The group that was mixed with non-autistic and autistic people did worse.
When will kids be diagnosed with autism?
2 years old.
When are there differences in amount of eye contact in infants?
At 6 months, but not 2 months.
Amount of time attending to eyes __________________, only in infants later diagnosed with ASD.
Declines with age.
How does theory of mind develop?
- Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence of genetic contribution
- Deaf children of hearing parents: Experience also plays a crucial role
