PSYC20008 Lecture Notes - Fall 2017 Lecture 3 - Autism spectrum, 6 Years, Executive dysfunction
20 Sep 2018
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Imitation: dependent on the maturation of several brain systems, shaped by parenting, social relations, training and education. Learning outcome: why is tom important: tom as a theory. Cannot be confirmed and proven: importance tom. Social interaction need to anticipate others" reactions / understand the intentions of others (beyond preschool age) Knowing another person"s goals and/or inner states can be useful to predict the person"s future actions (cooperative/non-cooperative/threatening and adjust your actions accordingly. Learning outcome: reconstruct a timeline of development of tom in childhood: premack and woodruff (1978) could chimps understand human goals (whether the chimpanzee has tom, debates sparked. What evidence is necessary and sufficient to make such an inference: 0-8 months early infant interest in the behavior of others. Preference for looking at faces rather than at objects. Imitations of facial movements: ~8 months intention. The desire to act in a certain age: ~9 months + - gestures.
