Chapter 1 Flashcards
Infant social cognition depends on which two evolved systems?
Psychological-reasoning system and sociomoral-reasoning system
What does the psychological-reasoning system do for infants?
Lets them infer a person’s (or animal’s) mental states that underlie their actions and predict their likely actions
What does the sociomoral-reasoning system do for infants?
Guides their expectations about how individuals should act towards others; determines which acts are obligatory, permissible, and impermissible
Why are the findings of the psychological-reasoning and sociomoral-reasoning systems important?
They influence theoretical models about the nature and causes of human social cognition
If an entity has autonomous motion, infants categorize it as _____ and endow it with _____
- self-propelled
- internal energy
If an entity has autonomous control of its actions, infants categorize it as _____ and endow it with _____
- agentive
- mental states
If an entity is both self-propelled and agentive, children categorize it as an _____ and endow it with things such as ____
- animal
- filled insides
motivational states
captures the agent’s motivation and includes goals and attitude dispositions
episodic states
represent what the agent knows about the scene
counterfactual states
correspond to reality-incongruent states, utilizing a decoupling mechanism
The rationality principle
All other things being equal, adults expect others to act rationally (with consistency and efficiency)
The fairness principle
All other things being equal, adults expect others to treat others fairly
The ingroup principle
Members of a social group should act in ways that sustain the group (with loyalty and support)
The psychological-reasoning and sociomoral-reasoning systems seem to develop by age
one
