WK 6: Language, Language use, & Development

Question 1

Agents:

Answer 1

• Things that are self-propelled, have eyes, react systematically to one’s behaviour (imitating, following someone’s gaze).
• Moving objects in the world that can act on their own.

Question 2

Intentionality:

Answer 2

An agent performing a behaviour intentionally (with skill and awareness and executing an intention (based on a desire and relevant beliefs).

Question 3

Imitation:

Answer 3

The human tendency to observe other people’s behaviour and do as they do.

Question 4

Mimicry:

Answer 4

a type of imitation; Copying others’ behavioUr, usually without awareness.

Question 5

Synchrony:

Answer 5

a type of imitation; Two people displaying the same behavioUrs or having the same internal states (typically because of mutual mimicry).

Question 6

Joint attention:

Answer 6

Two people attending to the same object and being aware that they both are attending to it.

Question 7

Visual perspective taking:

Answer 7

Can refer to adopting another person’s spatial viewpoint and determining how the world looks from their perspective or, more generally, trying to infer the other person’s thoughts, desires, emotions.

Question 8

Stimulation:

Answer 8

The process of representing the other person’s mental state.

Ex: “What would it feel like sitting across from the stern interrogator? would I feel scared . . .”

Question 9

Projection:

Answer 9

the assumption that other people’s wants, knows, or feels the same as how you want, know, or feel.

Question 10

Explicit mental state inference:

Answer 10

determining what other people think and feel.