Theory of mind
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- Created on: 21-01-16 14:55
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- Theory of Mind
- The knowledge of how someone will behave in a situation
- Realising that others may hold false beliefs
- False belief tasks
- Sally Ann doll
- 2-3 yrs say look in box
- 4-5 yrs say look in basket
- Baron-Cohen
- G1 had autism
- IQ 82
- 20% correct
- G2 had no disorders
- 85% correct
- G3 had down's syndrome
- IQ 64
- 80% correct
- G2 had measured intelligence above G3 but had no theory of mind
- Defficiency in social rather than intellectual cognition
- Social and intellectual cognition are seperate
- Defficiency in social rather than intellectual cognition
- G1 had autism
- Meins et al
- Theory of mind success related to attachment
- Secure infants were related to better false belief understanding at 41 mths
- Mothers treat them as distinct individuals
- No support
- Determinism
- Alpha bias
- Predjudice
- Mothers treat them as distinct individuals
- Secure infants were related to better false belief understanding at 41 mths
- Theory of mind success related to attachment
- Milligan
- Meta analysis of 9000
- Significant positive correlation between theory of mind and language ability
- Determinism
- Culture
- Cross cultural evidence shows TOM develops at age 5
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