Theory of Mind

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  • Created on: 11-01-18 12:30
Original ideas
Piaget- children below 7 are egocentric so will not show theory of mind. under 7's wrongly judged another person at a different vantage point would have the same view as them
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Developing ToM
Gopnik 1988- children must develop theory to access own states before accessing others- deceptive box test (C guesses sweeets in tube- actually pencil. when asked what they thought was in it under 4s say pencil)
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What age does it develop
Wimmer and Perner 1983- FBT's suggest ToM develops around 4
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What age does it develop
Southgate, 2010- changing if communicator has fale belief led 17 month olds to interpet differently
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What age does it develop
Buttelmann 2009- moving catepillar study. If agent present when moved= toddler helps open empty box anyway. If agent absent when moved= toddler opens box with the cattepillar in
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FBT's
Wimmer and Perner 1983- devised FBT to see how pts predict behaviour based on someones belied not just observing behqaviour. Maxi leaves choc in fridge, mum moves it to cupboard
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FBT's
Baron Cohen 1985- adapted FBT to test autism- Sally Anne task
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Stage change test
Wimmer and Hartl 1991- like deceptive box test but tube first contains sweets and then changed to pencil. When pt asked what they thought was in the box they get it right- say sweets
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Understanding questions
Lewis and Osborne 1990- changing Q to 'what did you think was in the box before we opened the lid' led to morre correct answers- clear wording
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Gradual or stage development
Gopnik et al 1988- children variable at FBT sometimes pass sometimes fail- suggests gradual development
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Nature vs nurture (no name)
Hunter gatherer tribe- same results on mango FBT
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Nature vs nurture
Mitchell et al 2007- kevin sees jug of juice, later told by rebecca it contains milk. Collectivist cultures= say kevin will believe it conatins miilk regardless of if they are told by psychologist rebecca was correct/incorrect- more trusting?
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Role of siblings
Perner et al 1994- 3 yr olds with siblings more likely to pass FBT than those without- more siblings= higher chance of passing
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Role of adults
Dunn et al 1994- C more successful on FBT= mother previously explained actions of characters with reference to psychological states
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Role of adults
O'Reilly 2014- negative correlation between ToM and authoritarian parenting, positive between FBT success and authoritative parenting
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Modularity
Fodor 1992- specialised brain module for understanding minds, present from birth refined at 4
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Modularity
Leslie et al 1992- false photo task
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Gopnik 1988- children must develop theory to access own states before accessing others- deceptive box test (C guesses sweeets in tube- actually pencil. when asked what they thought was in it under 4s say pencil)

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Developing ToM

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Wimmer and Perner 1983- FBT's suggest ToM develops around 4

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Southgate, 2010- changing if communicator has fale belief led 17 month olds to interpet differently

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Buttelmann 2009- moving catepillar study. If agent present when moved= toddler helps open empty box anyway. If agent absent when moved= toddler opens box with the cattepillar in

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