Ontogeny of Mentalising Flashcards

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Define theory of mind

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The insight that people hold mental states and that these given behaviour.

Having an understanding of mental states that allow us to make sense of the social world.

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Desire Based ToM is an early or late theory?

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Early

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Define desire based ToM

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Ability to understand that peoples desires are idiosyncratic and constantly changing.

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How old were the children in Repacholi & Gopnik (1997) study who demonstrated desire based ToM with broccoli and crackers

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18m

At 14m didn’t understand the experimenters different desire.

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Belief based ToM is a later theory of mind that distinguishes between

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Mind and World

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Define belief based ToM

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Understanding that a person has a representation of the world, the contents of which may be different to the world itself.

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A belief based ToM involved a shift between

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Situational based to representational based understanding of behaviour.

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Name the three classic examples of the false belief task:

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oUnexpected transfer task (Wimmer & Perner, 1983)

oDeceptive box task (Gopnik & Astington, 1988)

oState change test (Wimmer & Hartl, 1991)

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At what age do children typically pass, and typically fail FB tasks?

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4 year olds pass

3 year olds fail

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What explains the difference between 4 year old and 3 year old performance on the FB task?

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A radical conceptual shift and stage like development

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Define the difference between competence and performance

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oCompetence = conceptual understanding required to solve the problem

oPerformance = other cognitive skills required to access and express understanding (e.g. ability to remember key info, focus attention, comprehend the question)

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What is one explanation given to children failing FB tasks?

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Inability to comprehend the story.

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13
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At 3 years old children may have ToM but what prevents this from being demonstrated on a FB task?

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Performance limits competence

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What are the two debates regarding ToM acquisition

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Boosters vs Scoffers

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Define Boosters

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early onset, early competence which is masked by performance limitations.
3 year olds should perform above chance

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Define Scoffers

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Delayed onset, conceptual change performance changes from incorrect to systematically above change, task demands should not influence performance.

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Wellman Cross and Watson 2001’s meta-analyse found that what aged children?

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4+ above chance performance

-3 bellow chance performance

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Wellman Cross and Watson’s 2001 meta-analyse concluded that

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Changing the task improves performance at all ages, not just 3 years and under

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Callaghan et al. 2005 found universality with their being a radical shift between which years? leading to improved FB performance

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Experience influences ToM development, Harris 1999 found that conversations about what improved ToM

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Other peoples persepectives

21
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Children with older siblings show earlier ToM found by:

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Perner, Ruffman and Leekham 1994

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Children who’s parents talk to them about mental states show earlier FB, found by:

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Dunn et al. 1991

Ruffman, Slade, Crowe 2002

23
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Deaf children without signing parents show a developmental delay in what?

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ToM, found by Peterson and Siegel 1995

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Theory of Mind scale developed by Wellman and Liu 2004 follows 5 steps:

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Diverse Desires
Diverse Beliefs
Knowledge-access
False Belief
Hidden Emotion
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Wellman et al. 2006 found that children in Western cultures followed the above scale
DD>DB>KA>FB>HE
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Wellman et al. 2006 found that Chinese and Iranian children from collectivist cultures developed in a different order:
DD>KA>DB>FB>HE
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The role of executive functioning has been argued to influence childrens failures on?
ToM, issues with translating conceptual knowledge.
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What are the 3 key types of executive functions?
Inhibition Cognitive Flexibility Working Memory
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Which executive function influences childrens performance on ToM
Inhibition; ability to surpass unwanted responses and ignore distractions information.
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Describe the bear dragon task
Like Simon says the bear copies but the dragon does not copy, so you have to suppress the copying response.
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Executive functioning is critical is the child is supposed to pass
False belief
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What part of the brain is important in executive functioning
Frontal lobes
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Frontal lobes develop seems to link with executive functioning at what ages?
3 - 6 years
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Inhibitory control may be crucial in developing which factors of mental state knowledge
Emergence and Expression
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Define Explicit and Implicit knowledge
Explicit knowledge - knowledge easily accessible to the child - Measure via elicited response, e.g. verbal answer to a question Implicit knowledge - Knowledge the child is unaware of - Measure via spontaneous response
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Implicit understanding of FB was studied by Molle et al. 2016 who measured the Cookie Monster and found what?
Greater instances of expressed tension in the false belief at 3 years old
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Implicit understanding studied by Clements and Perner 1994 had an implicit and explicit measure for the mouse and cheese and found:
86% of children 2 years and 11 months showed pattern indicative of FB understanding
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A large gap between implicit and explicit understanding at what age?
2 years 11 months
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Southgate Senju and Csibra 2007 looked at anticipatory looking in 2 year olds and found?
2 years and younger - Earlier FB understanding than Clements and Perner 1994.
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Onishi and Baillargeon 2005 used a total non-verbal test in 15 month olds and found?
FB understanding in 15 month old babies.
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Time studies with infants are refered to as
Violation expectancy method
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The violation expectancy method shows that the child is surprised if
They look longer at inconsistent event, suggesting some knowledge of what is happening.