Social Cognition and Social Motivations in Infancy

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development, Second edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 106-128

  Carpenter, Malinda ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

"joint attention triangle"; Humans, from very early in life sharing experiences and activities with others, and aligning themselves with and being like others; Sharing attention and attitudes in joint attentional engagement; Sharing goals in joint collaborative activities; Social cognition understanding of others' psychological states; Social cognition and motivation in sharing psychological states with others; Social cognition and social motivations in infancy; Study of what infants and young children understand about others' minds; Understanding of others' false beliefs; Understanding of others' knowledge ignorance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886184346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444325485.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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