social cognition children Flashcards
action understanding
habituation paradigm
new goal: same physical location diff object
new path: diff location same object
5 -6 m infants look longer at new goal test trials
->basic understanding of the goal of an action, relation between person acting and object for which they’re reaching
-undertsan intention of grasp (3-6m)
-experience influence understanding
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sticky mitten experiment
infants who got experience looked longer at new goal trial than new path
-> dev of motor skills
intentional vs accidental
14 m: imitate intentional but not accidental actions
infants use cues such as: gestures, tone of voice, words we use, facial and eye cues
-> to figure out intentional vs accidental actions
imitational tasks
18m: completed failed actions of other people
+ saw person or machine do a partial act, children who watched person completed act
theory of mind
well organized understanding of how mind worksand how it influences behavior
social cognitive knowledge
2 y: understand desire (others)
18 m: distingush between own and others preference when sharing food
3y: understand desire and true beliefs (others)
5y: understand false beliefs (others)
false belief
understanding that other people will act in accord w their own beliefs
4-5 y : answered incorrectly
older children were correct
reasons why children fail at false belief tasks ??
- demanding language
- demanding executive functioning
- perspective taking
animal understandin
- dogs can learn painting: learn basic association but not able too generalise them
- monkey understand they have better chance at getting away with stealing food when people are not looking
when monkey performed action and when observed someone else perform the action
-> same neurons activated = mirror neurons
monkey show sensory motor activity in EEG when observed action
same system in humans
