How the Mind Explains Behavior Folk Explanations, Meaning, and Social Interaction

Name: How the Mind Explains Behavior Folk Explanations, Meaning, and Social Interaction
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ISBN: 9780262134453

ISBN-10: 0262134454

ISBN-13: 9780262134453

Edition: 2006

Authors: Bertram F. Malle

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Malle describes behaviour explanations as having a dual nature, as being both cognitive & social acts, & proposes a comprehensive theoretical model that integrates the two aspects.

Book details

List price: $9.75
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/17/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232

Bertram Malle is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the University of Oregon. He is the editor of Intentions and Intentionality: Foundations of Social Cognition (MIT Press, 2001).



Preface


Introduction



History: Past Research on Attribution and Behavior Explanation



Foundation: The Folk Theory of Mind and Behavior



Origins: Why and When People Explain Behavior



Conceptual Structure: A Theory of Behavior Explanations I



Psychological Construction: A Theory of Behavior Explanations II



Behavior Explanations in Language and Communication



Explaining Behavior of Self and Other



Explaining Behavior of Individuals and Groups



Looking Back and Ahead


Appendix


Notes


References


Index