Theory of mind in the Pacific. Reasoning across cultures.

Sonst. Personen	Wassmann, Jürg (Hrsg.); Träuble, Birgit (Hrsg.); Funke, Joachim (Hrsg.)
Titel	Theory of mind in the Pacific. Reasoning across cultures. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Theorie des Bewusstseins im Pazifischen Raum. Logisches Denken quer durch die Kulturen.
Quelle	Heidelberg: Winter (2013), IX, 277 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Heidelberg studies in Pacific anthropology. 1
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	3-8253-6203-5; 978-3-8253-6203-4
Schlagwörter	Bewusstsein; Verstehen; Wahrnehmung; Sozialisation; Sozialisationsbedingung; Bewusstsein; Kind; Mikronesien; Ozeanien; Papua-Neuguinea; Pazifischer Raum; Sozialisation; Verstehen; Wahrnehmung; Kulturanthropologie; Repräsentation; Konzeption; Kind; Kulturanthropologie; Entwicklungsland; Konzeption; Repräsentation; Mikronesien; Ozeanien; Papua-Neuguinea; Pazifischer Raum
Abstract	"The ascription of desires or beliefs to other people is a milestone of human sociality. It allows us to understand, explain, and predict human behavior. During the last years, research on children's knowledge about the mental world, better known as theory of mind research, has become a central topic in developmental psychology and the role of cultural impact is subject of various theoretical yet hitherto few empirical accounts. This book is the result of intensive collaboration between anthropologists and psychologists in the field of cross-cultural research on social cognitive development. Five interdisciplinary research teams, coming from the University of Heidelberg, were investigating five Pacific Island societies. All together, they were interested in the question of how and when children in these different cultures come to assign mental states to others. This unique research project combines sound ethnography of different Pacific cultures with thoroughly conducted experimental work, done by developmental psychologists; it presents a shared, thoughtful analysis of the results and provides deeper insight into current debates on the ontogeny of theory of mind competencies." (publisher's description). Contents: Gustav Jahoda: Foreword. How We Got to Where We Are (5-11); Birgit Träuble, Andrea Bender And Christoph Konieczny: Human Social Cognition - The Theory of Mind Research (13-38); Alexandra Tietz And Svenja Völkel: Theory of Mind in Tonga: The Onset of Representational Change and False Belief Understanding in Tongan Children (39-78); Andreas Mayer And Julius Riese: False Belief Understanding in Samoa: Evidence for Continuous Development and Cross-Cultural Variability (79-108); Eva Oberle And Jochen Resch: Psychology Meets Cultural Anthropology: Interdisciplinary Research with Children in Micronesia (109-142); Mirjam Hölzel And Verena Keck: Of Biscuits, Soap and Stones. Representational Change and False Belief Understanding among Yupno Children in Papua New Guinea (143-192); Anita Von Poser And Bettina Ubl: Investigating the Understanding of False Belief among the Bosmun of Northeast Papua New Guinea (193-256); Jürg Wassmann And Joachim Funke: Epilogue. Reflections on Personhood and the Theory of Mind (233-256).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2014/3