EAR-20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Joint Attention, Intersubjectivity, 18 Months
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Children usually learn the basic level one first. Basic level categories have a number of consistent characteristics (ex: Understanding causal relations is crucial in forming categories. Understanding cause & effect influences categorical formation. Na ve psychology: a commonsensical level of understanding of other people and oneself. 3 concepts that we use to understand human behavior: 1) many of them refer to invisible mental states. Nobody can see a desire or a belief. 2) psychological concepts are linked to one another in cause-effect relations. 3) they develop surprisingly early in life. Infants na ve psychology aspects that emerge late in the first year and early in the second. Understanding of intention, why people act in certain ways. Sense of self, children realize they are individuals distinct from other people. Emotions and how they relate to different behaviours. Theory of mind: an organized understanding of how mental processes such as intentions, desires, beliefs, perceptions, and emotions influence behaviour.
