PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Mirror Test, Autism Spectrum, Corvidae

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Christopher Miners

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Comparative perspective focus on non-human animals to better understand the evolution of behaviour and. How evolutionary and social factors affect moral development. Theories of intellectual development themselves as separate from those around. animal. The test subject is placed in front of a mirror and observed to see if recognition occurs. First recognize yourself as an individual, sense of self continues to develop as the being becomes cognitively and emotionally more sophisticated, which is a necessary precursor to theory of mind, which is then a precursor to moral development . Rene descartes trying to convince himself he doesn(cid:495)t exist. The rouge test test to det. dev. of a sense of self by using a dot of red colour (rouge) on the nose of the child or. Begin to make guided movements with intention to manipulate objects. Mirror fighting rouge test was originally used in animal research, chimpanzees initially treated their.