social cognition

Question 1

describe the theory of the mind

Answer 1

ability to attribute mental states to ourselves and others, serving as one of the foundational elements for social interaction
- allows humans from an early age to view the world from another’s perspective

Question 2

what is used to assess the theory of mind in children?

Answer 2

the false belief task

Question 3

what is “Morgan Cannon”?

Answer 3

higher psychological processes should not be used to explain behavior that can be explained using lower processes

Question 4

theory of mind in non-humans (baboons)

Answer 4

BRYNE AND WHITEN
found that Melton the baboon, stood on his hind legs and looked around - he might of learned from previous experience that adopting the predator-warning behaviour avoids punishment

Question 5

knowledge attribution in chimps

Answer 5

chimp learned to pay attention to the trainer who knew which cup the food was in - this could’ve been due to trail and error discrimination learning

Question 6

knowledge attribution in corvids

Answer 6

results raise the intriguing possibility that re-caching (re-hiding) is based on a form of mental attribution, namely the simulation of another bird’s viewpoint.

Question 6

knowledge attribution in corvids

Answer 6

results raise the intriguing possibility that re-caching (re-hiding) is based on a form of mental attribution, namely the simulation of another bird’s viewpoint.

Question 7

desire attribution

Answer 7

males jays feed their mates flexibly according to the female’s current food preference.
these birds may be capable of ascribing desire to their mates.

Question 8

false-beliefs in great monkeys

Answer 8

apes appear to understand that individuals have different perceptions about the world, thus overturning the human-only paradigm of the theory of mind