PSYC 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Animism, Egocentrism, Executive Functions

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Karl Hennig

Document Summary

Defining hallmark: action on world; crowing. Testing task: deferred imitation, a not b (object permanence ) Defining hallmark: symbolic function (symbols in our head represent objects in the world) Testing task: scale models; 3 mountain problem, theory of mind, understanding scale models. 3-4 yr olds believe the other person sees what they do: failure to recognize a 2nd perspective is possible, animistic, appearance-reality. Typically defined by what tests they fail. But what they can do is understand symbols. Theory of mind: false belief task (smarties or juice box task, mean monkey. 3 yr olds fail, 4/5 yr olds pass. Or difficult for younger to inhibit dominant response. Like the a not b task have joined the group of classical experimental paradigms in which to test different theories. Ef emerged in neuropsych from brain damage patients: cognitive functions relating to: planning, executing & inhibiting actions. An alternative way of viewing theory of mind tasks, as well as a not b task.