Tut 7 Done + timeline Flashcards
Define theory of mind:
Understanding that other people have desires, beliefs and their own interpretations of the world and that it can differ from our own.
- at the age of 4 it is devloped
- Continious to develop
Definition of False belief task and exaple:
- In general u try to trick a child by exposing him to two person which walk in a room and put the same object in differnet locations in turns and asking the child in where the first person would expect the object to be.
- Sally anne task (just a simpler version with dolls
- Smartie task (connceting with pencils) (other belief vs self belief)
- BELIEF QUESTION -> later transfered to THINK QUESTION
- Not about memory
it is about test belief representaiton - solved by the age of 4
Namen the differneces between false belief task:
False belief task are influenced by:
- amount of information children
- perceive and the length of the story
- Conclusion: 4 year old usually do not pass the usual false belief task but they pass and understand part of the theory in mind in the sally task
What happems at the age of 2 regarding theory of mind.
- Use words regarding internal state (happy sad)
- Also use word regarding sensory skill (I feel I like i taste)
- Predict behavior based on desire
- understand relationship seeing and knowing
- pretend play starts at the age
What happems at the age of 3 regarding theory of mind:
- childreen use cognitive terms such as known think
- distinguish between mental states and external reality
- childreen understand that people have different view on same object
- in addition to desires they understand belief predicted behavior
What happems at the age of 4 regarding theory of mind:
- Children realize that people have different view of an object even though they have the same perspective on it
- objects can be things of “what they look like” and what they “can be” based on knowledge
- first order belief (she thinks that he thinks)
- Appereance and realtity distinction is possible (sponge and stone example)
What happems at the age of 5 regarding theory of mind:
- understanding of suprise
- Suprise is basically when the world is discomfort
- aware that people can plant false belief
What happems at the age of 8 regarding theory of mind:
- Second order belif is most likely achived
- Example: she think that he thinks that he thinks
- Also become aware of decpetive behavior (planting false belif in another persons mind)
name small factors which influence false belief task.
- Language ability (devellopment)
- Siblings (talk more about bleif than without
- Family size (inteaction in general)
Name welman stages regarding theory of mind
Divided in 3 phases
- Age of 2 Desire influneces behavior
- Age of 3 Consideration of desires and beliefs
- Age of 4 beliefs can have inaccurate interpretation
Perner theory regariding theory of mind.
If u have metareprenation then u have masterd the theory of mind.
Define Metareprenstation:
Ability to represent a representation. Understanding of distinction between what is being referred to and what is being represented.
leslies theory regarding theory of mind:
Metarepresentation is needed for pretend play. And if u have the ability to pretend play then u achived the theory of mind because you can connect with ur playing partner.
Harris theory regarding theory of mind:
simulation
Childreen are capable of understanding other people minds without understanding other people minds (Theory of mind)
- BUT based on emotions and previous experience people can put himself in his or her place (calles Simmulation)
name the 3 Autism handicaps:
- Qualitive impairments in social interaction
- Failure in devlop relations (eye to eye contact) - Qualitive impaiments in communication
- Delay in devlopment in language - Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior
- To hold on to routines with no particular function