Child's Discovery of the Mind

Name: Child's Discovery of the Mind
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ISBN: 9780674116429

ISBN-10: 0674116429

ISBN-13: 9780674116429

Edition: 1993

Authors: Janet Wilde Astington

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Three-year old Emily greets her grandfather at the front door: "We're having a surprise party for your birthday! And it's a secret!" We may smile at incidents like these, but they illustrate the beginning of an important transition in children's lives--their development of a "theory of mind." Emily certainly has some sense of her grandfather's feelings, but she clearly doesn't understand much about what he knows, and surprises--like secrets, tricks, and ties all depend on understanding and manipulating what others think and know. Jean Piaget investigated children's discovery of the mind in the 1920s and concluded that they had little understanding before the age of six. But over the last…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/10/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



What Is the Mind?


What Does the Mind Do?


People and Things


Thoughts and Things


Thought and Language


Thinking about Wanting


Thinking about Knowing


Thinking about Believing


The Undiscovered Mind Causes and Consequences


Notes


Suggested Reading


Index