Do Infants Have a Theory of Mind?

Autor/in	Rakoczy, Hannes
Titel	Do Infants Have a Theory of Mind?
Quelle	In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 30 (2012) 1, S.59-74 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-510X
DOI	10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02061.x
Schlagwörter	Social Cognition; Theory of Mind; Infants; Competence; Developmental Psychology; Childhood Attitudes; Child Psychology; Concept Formation; Observation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Kognition; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Kompetenz; Entwicklungspsychologie; Kinderpsychologie; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Beobachtung
Abstract	The central question debated in current research on infant social cognition is "do infants have a theory of mind?" It is argued here that this question is understood and treated in radically different ways by different participants of the debate arguing either for (e.g., Onishi & Baillargeon, 2005) or against early competence in theory of mind (e.g., Perner & Ruffman, 2005). As a consequence, there is considerable talking past each other, both sides make claims that appear incompatible but are actually answers to different questions and framed at different levels of description. Some conceptual distinctions from the philosophy of mind are therefore introduced to describe the different interpretations of the question and the misunderstandings based thereupon, with the aim of providing some conceptual clarification as groundwork for future debates. (Contains 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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