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Author Wellman, Henry M.

Title The child's theory of mind / Henry M. Wellman
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1990

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Description xiii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series MIT Press series in learning, development and conceptual change
MIT Press series in learning, development, and conceptual change.
Contents Children, theories, and the mind: an introduction -- Understanding the basic distinction between mental and physical phenomena -- Young children's understanding of belief -- Commonsense belief-desire psychology -- Everyday theories -- Young children's belief-desire psychology -- Further classifications of the theory and the data -- Before three -- From three to six: from copies and imaginings to interpretations -- From three to six: other implications -- Beyond six
Analysis Children Cognition Development
Notes "A Bradford book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-347) and index
Subject Children -- Attitudes.
Cognition in children.
Philosophy of mind in children.
Philosophy of mind.
Child.
Infant.
Child Development.
Concept Formation.
Psychological Theory.
LC no. 89049578
ISBN 0262231530
0262730995 (paperback)