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Theory of Mind - Coggle Diagram
Theory of Mind
Basic Postulates
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considered crucial for success in everyday human social interactions & when analyzing, judging, and inferring others' behaviors
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Evolution
Theory of mind has its roots in two defensive reactions—immobilization stress and tonic immobility
are implicated in the handling of stressful encounters and also figure prominently in mammalian childrearing practices
Their combined effect seems capable of producing many of the hallmarks of theory of mind, such as eye-contact, gaze-following, inhibitory control, and intentional attributions.
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Empirical Investigation
False-belief task :- a psychological test, used in developmental psychology to measure a person's social cognitive ability to attribute false beliefs to others
Unexpected contents - experimenters ask children what they believe to be the contents of a box that looks as though it holds a candy called "Smarties"
The "false-photograph" task also measures theory of mind development. In this task, children must reason about what is represented in a photograph that differs from the current state of affairs