PSYC 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Temporoparietal Junction, Anthropomorphism, Empiricism
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Nativist => there is a theory of mind module(tomm) a hypothesized brain mechanism devoted to understanding other human beings / Empiricist => interactions with other people are crucial for developing theory of mind. Interactionist => tomm plus general information processing skills and social interactions are necessary for children to understand minds. ***theory mind => a single de cit in this 3way module / they don"t have problem with other things n=but the problem is speci c to understanding social relationship and understanding other people / you wan tot rove this single de cit. Fast and mandatory ( eg. anthropomorphizing- us describing mental states to non-human legions ) Restriction on info ow (eg. anthropomorphizing ) ? low activity of brain=> less blame and high activity=> high blame. Rtpj is processing mental state of people, you have to think about the other peoples belief and intentions and the reality and what"s happening in real life.
