Social development Timeline

Question 1

Understanding Intentions Timeline

Answer 1

6mo: Emergence of understanding other’s intentions (ball vs doll study).
9mo: Can distinguish between intentional vs accidental actions.
9-12mo: Emergence of Joint attention -> Imitation (+can imitate goal of actions).

Question 2

Theory of mind Timeline

Answer 2

1yo: Understanding that desires lead to actions.
2yo: Can predict a character’s action based on the character’s desires, rather than based on own desires.
3yo: Start to get that belief lead to actions.
5yo: Theory of mind.

Question 3

When do kids have a more explicit sense of self?

Answer 3

18-24mo: Explicit sense of self (pass Rouge test).

Question 4

“Other people have knowledge” Timeline

Answer 4

3yo: Understand what people know & what they don’t know.
3-4yo: Understand that specific people may have specific knowledge in certain areas.

Question 5

False-belief problems Timeline

Answer 5

3yo fail
5yo pass (theory of mind)