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1 online resource (xii, 355 pages) : illustrations |
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OUP E-Books
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| Contents |
Introduction : Why language matters / Janet Wilde Astington and Jodie A. Baird -- Language pathways into the community of minds / Katherine Nelson -- Communication, relationships, and individual differences in children's understanding of mind / Judy Dunn and Marcia Brophy -- Conversations, pretense, and theory of mind / Paul L. Harris -- Talking about "new" information : the given/new distinction and children's developing theory of mind / Daniela K. O'Neill -- The developmental origins of meaning for mental terms / Derek E. Montgomery -- Language promotes structural alignment in the acquisition of mentalistic concepts / Dare A. Baldwin and Megan M. Saylor -- Language and the development of cognitive flexibility : implications for theory of mind / Sophie Jacques and Philip David Zelazo -- Representational development and false-belief understanding / Janet Wilde Astington and Jodie A. Baird -- Can language acquisition give children a point of view? / Jill G. de Villiers -- What does "that" have to do with point of view? Conflicting desires and "want" in German / Josef Perner, Petra Zauner, and Manuel Sprung -- Linguistic communication and social understanding / Heidemarie Lohmann, Michael Tomasello, and Sonja Meyer -- The role of language in theory-of-mind development : what deaf children tell us / Peter A. De Villiers -- How language facilitates the acquisition of false-belief understanding in children with autism / Helen Tager-Flusberg and Robert M. Joseph -- Genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in language and theory of mind : common or distinct? / Claire Hughes |
| Summary |
An exploration of how children develop an understanding of the theory of mind: the concept that people are mental beings, who have beliefs, desires, emotions, & intentions, & whose actions & interactions can be interpreted & explained by taking account of these mental states |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Philosophy of mind in children -- Congresses
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Children -- Language -- Congresses
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Children.
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Infants.
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Cognition.
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Language and languages.
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Concept Formation
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Child
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Infant
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Cognition
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Psychological Theory
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Language
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children (people by age group)
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infants.
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cognition.
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languages (study discipline)
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language (general communication)
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Child.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Child & Adolescent.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Child Development.
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Language and languages
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Infants
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Cognition
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Children
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Children -- Language
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Philosophy of mind in children
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Taalontwikkeling.
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Geestelijke ontwikkeling.
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Kinderen.
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Electronic books
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Astington, Janet W
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Baird, Jodie A. (Jodie Alison), 1973-
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| ISBN |
9780195347845 |
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0195347846 |
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9780195159912 |
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0195159918 |
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1429402741 |
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9781429402743 |
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9786610838370 |
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6610838372 |
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