Developing Theories of Intention : Social Understanding and Self Control

by Zelazo, Philip David; Astington, Janet Wilde; Olson, David R.

• ISBN13: 9780805831429
• ISBN10: 0805831428
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

The chapters collected in this volume represent the "state-of-the-art" of research on the development of intentional action and intentional understanding--topics that are at the intersection of current research on imitation, early understanding of mental states, goal-directed behavior in nonhuman animals, executive function, language acquisition, and narrative understanding, to name just a few of the relevant foci. Collectively, the contributors demonstrate that intentionality is a key issue in the cognitive and social sciences. Moreover, in a way that was anticipated more than a century ago by the seminal work of J. Mark Baldwin, they are beginning to reveal how the control of action is related in development to children's emerging self-conscious and their increasingly sophisticated appreciation of other people's perspectives. This volume brings together the world's leading researchers on early social and cognitive development in an in-depth exploration of children's understanding of themselves and others.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Actions, Intentions, And Attributions	p. 1
Development of Intention And Intentional Understanding in Infancy And Early Childhood	p. 15
Toddlers' Understanding Of Intentions, Desires, and Emotions Explorations of the Dark Ages	p. 17
References	p. 38
Intentional Relations And Triadic Interactions	p. 43
References	p. 60
Having Intentions, Understanding Intentions, and Understanding Communicative Intentions	p. 63
References	p. 74
Intentions, Consciousness, And Pretend Play	p. 77
Language, Levels of Consciousness And the Development Of Intentional Action	p. 95
References	p. 114
Development of Intention The Relation of Executive Function to Theory of Mind	p. 119
Acknowledgment	p. 130
References	p. 130
Executive Functions and Theory Of Mind: Cognitive Complexity Or Functional Dependence?	p. 133
References	p. 150
The Theory of Ascriptions	p. 153
Comparative Perspectives On Intentionality	p. 167
Primate Representations And Expectations: Mental Tools For Navigating in a Social World	p. 169
Social Understanding In Chimpanzees: New Evidence From a Longitudinal Approach	p. 195
References	p. 223
The Sociocultural Context of Intentionality	p. 227
Making Sense of the Social World Mindreading, Emotion And Relationships	p. 229
References	p. 240
Influences on Maternal Attribution Of Infant Intentionality	p. 243
Intention and Emotion In Child Psychopathology Building Cooperative Plans	p. 269
v Intentionality And Language	p. 293
The Language of Intention: Three Ways of Doing It	p. 295
Intentionality and Interpretation	p. 317
The Intentionality of Referring	p. 329
Author Index	p. 341
Subject Index	p. 351
Contributors	p. 357
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