Introduction to Theory of Mind: Children, Autism and Apes.

Mitchell, Peter.

ISBN 10: 0340624973 / ISBN 13: 9780340624975

Verlag: Arnold / Hodder Headline, London, 2003

Beschreibung

Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, remainder mark bottom edge. 196 pp. A classic textbook of developmental psychology by Peter Mitchell about 'theory of mind' - how children learn that other people's minds are different from their own. He integrates research carried out on humans, apes and children with autism (who lack a 'theory of mind'). Chapter headings: What is a theory of mind? Evolution and a meeting of minds in apes. The drawing of an understanding of minds in apes. Background of autism. Theory of mind hypothesis of autism. Beyond the theory of mind hypothesis of autism. The normal development of an understanding of mind. A radical shift in the child's understanding? Deception. Pretence and communication.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Introduction to Theory of Mind: Children, Autism and Apes.
• Verlag: Arnold / Hodder Headline, London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0340624973
• ISBN-13: 9780340624975
• Einband: Softcover
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • PSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOUR

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Inhaltsangabe

Theory of Mind is an exciting area of contemporary developmental psychology that concerns the child's developing understanding of other people as thinking beings - individuals with different perceptions, emotions and reasoning.



Peter Mitchell's highly readable and non-technical 'Introduction to Theory of Mind' focuses on the latest exciting research in the field and integrates work carried out on adults, apes and children with autism. The author shows how children develop (or fail to develop) an understanding of the minds of others during infancy and beyond. On one hand, there are circumstances in which toddlers show a surprising insight into the minds of those around them. On the other hand, even the average adult does not always reason effectively about other peoples minds. Unfortunately, the development of an understanding of mind can run into serious difficulties, and one form of such abnormal development can be autism. The background to this socially crippling syndrome is introduced for the benefit of the non-specialist and then examined in some depth.

Críticas

Peter Mitchell's book...demonstrates how important the topic is and gives a lucid and interesting description of what has been discovered in recent years. His account of the evolutionary origins of this understanding and its development in young children is up-to-date, comprehensive and easily comprehensible.
Professor Peter Bryant, University of Oxford, UK

An exploration of wider experimental work in this area...it provides a valuable summary of how far research has progressed, and where it might lead in the future.
British Journal of Special Education