Acquiring a conception of mind a review of psychological research and theory /
A purpose of this book is to provide a thoroughly readable in-depth review of recent findings and theories about the development of understanding mind. In preparing this, a major goal was seen as composing text that is appealing in itself as a piece of writing. The book covers development from infan...
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New York :
Psychology Press,
2021
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Understanding minds
- 2. Children's pretence
- 3. Children's awareness of mental phenomena
- 4. Children's deception
- 5. Children's early language and communication
- 6. Further developments in language and communication
- 7. Young children's difficulty with false belief: A conceptual shift in the development of thinking?
- 8. reality masking hypothesis: The idea of a smooth developmental progression
- 9. Psychopathology and the development of an understanding of mind
- 10. Communication and thinking: Autistic and normal development.