The Problem of the Other in Research on Theory of Mind and Social Development

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ID20293137
AuthorsCybele Raver, Bonnie J Leadbeater (0000-0003-0236-6658)
Year2010
Volume36
Issue6
Pages350-362
Publication date2010-01-20
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-716X • E-ISSN: 1423-0054
PublisherS. Karger AG (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.1159/000278223
OpenAlexW2123325275
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Comparison of research on theory of mind and research on social development yields divergent conclusions regarding young children’s awareness of the nature of the internal states of others. This divergence partially reflects methodological differences between the two paradigms, but also more fundamental differences in researchers’ framing of the problem of understanding others’ mental states as either an intrapsychic or an interpersonal process, carried out by either a single or a social mind, through mental or communicative activities. It is argued that children’s understandings of how the inner experiences of real others can predict their actions or how these inner experiences can be acted on are distinct from children’s conceptions of’mind’ in the abstract

Cognition · Developmental psychology · Divergence (linguistics) · Epistemology · Framing (construction) · Interpersonal communication · Social cognition · Theory of mind · Child and Animal Learning Development · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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