Chapter 11 Flashcards
Theory of mind
instinct
behavior that is genetic/ feeling or emotion that has no basis in fact.
intuitive psychology
the awareness some people have in anticipating others desires, motives and beliefs
unexpected transfer test
test where an object is placed somewhere and the moved when someone is gone. The child is asked where the person who was gone will look.
conceptual shift
a large qualitative shift in a persons cognitive processes
representational ability
ability to form a mental representation of a person or an object
metacognition
the ability to think about how one is feeling or thinking.
(from 4 and onward)
deceptive box task
task where children are shown a box and asked what they think is inside. Then they open it and something unexpected is inside. The child is asked what they thought was inside before the box was opened.
performance limitations
limitations in tasks, so that performance may not reflect actual competence.
competence
A Childs underlying ability, often not reflected in performance.
violation of expectation (VoE)
infants being shown an impossible event/unexpected event and them looking at it for a longer period of time.
hindsight bias
the inclination to see events that have already happened as more predictable than they were before they took place.
modularity
the view that we have separate modules for different abilities.
criticism: calculating what other people think does not happen automatically
Wing’s triad of impairments:
impairments for autism in:
1. social relationships
2. communication
3. imagination
Down syndrome and false belief
People with Down syndrome have impaired cognitive ability but do not show any problems with the false belief test.
Theory of mind (ToM)
the ability to attribute or reason about mental states to oneself and others.
