PSYC 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mirror Neuron, Neuroconstructivism, Social Cognition
25 Jun 2017
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Chapter 11: social cognitive development i: understanding the social world. Hide and seek: 3-year old may enjoy being found; and not understand the whole point of the game. Social cognition - understanding others in such an essential aspect of being human; but taken for granted skill in our everyday interaction that it is hard o even noticed. Until someone who lacks this easy skill: such as individuals diagnosed on the autism spectrum - involving problems with language and understand others as well as repetitive behaviour. Theory of mind , mentalizing and mindreading - social understanding. Politeness: example of overlap between language and social understanding. Concerned about other"s feeling and their sense of identity and self-worth. A brief history: from perspective taking to false belief understanding. Piaget"s 3 mountain task : test of visual perspective taking in which children had to demonstrate an understanding that moving around an array of 3 mountains would result in different visual perspectives on the tableau.
