EDHD 411 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gopnik, Other Minds
27 Feb 2018
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A guy jumps in the swimming pool with all of his clothes on. Theory of mind : having a theory of mind (tom) allows you to reason about the guys" behavior when he jumped in the swimming pool. Drunk and thought it would be fun: regardless: he had something in his head (a belief) that caused him to do what he did. Evidently it is not that of an explicit pedagogy: inferences about another individual are not taught they are more reminiscent of walking or speech, premack & woodruff (1978): does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind ? . What is a theory of mind: major developmental milestone, developing a representational theory of mind (around age 4) Understanding that the mind represents reality rather than directly reflecting it. There can be discrepancies between reality and representation of reality (e. g. , false beliefs) !1: before acquiring a representational tom, children can reason well about people"s goals and.
