Social Cognition

Question 1

What is the timeline for social development?

Answer 1

6 months-> understand that others have intentions

9-12 months-> distinguish between accidental VS intentional
- imitation (culbulto) AND joint attention

1yo-> basic understanding of others’ desires

1.5-2yo-> explicit sense of self (rouge test)

2yo-> others’ desires different from their own

3yo-> understand if someone is knowledgeable
- understand that beliefs lead to action

5yo-> pass False belief problems (smarties task)

Question 2

What does the Nativist theory say about the theory of the mind?

Answer 2

Theory of mind module-> innate mechanisms
- Tempoparietal junction (TPJ)-> active in theory of mind task
- culturally universal trajectory

Question 3

What is the mental state talk?

Answer 3

inclusion of mental state words in the recall of narrative and informational texts