Origins of the Social Mind

by Itakura, Shoji, Ph.D.; Fujita, Kazuo, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9784431751786
• ISBN10: 4431751785
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-03
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book focuses on the evolutionary and developmental origins of the social mind, bringing together the currently segregated views on social cognition in the two fields. Ever since the term "theory of mind" was coined by D. Premack nearly 30 years ago, the concept has been the main topic of social cognition research both in developmental psychology and in primatology. These two research domains are integrated here by presenting new data on humans, nonhuman primates, and birds-in particular, corvids and a parrot-and their implications from both evolutionary and developmental points of view. The topics covered include the phylogeny of social intelligence and social cognition, and the developing ability by human children to negotiate, to tell a lie, and to understand the mental state of others. Written by leading scientists in the field, this volume will be of particular interest to comparative and developmental psychologists, primatologists, and ethologists. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. V
Phylogeny of Social Cognition
Social Intelligence in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella)	p. 3
Communication Between Mother and Infant Chimpanzees and Its Role in the Evolution of Social Intelligence	p. 21
Primates' Use of Others' Gaze	p. 39
How to Build a Scrub-Jay that Reads Minds	p. 65
Cooperation in Keas: Social and Cognitive Factors	p. 99
Ontogeny of Social Cognition
Differences Between Acting as if One Is Experiencing Pain and Acting as if One Is Pretending to Have Pain Among Actors at Three Expertise Levels	p. 123
Homo Negotiatus: Ontogeny of the Unique Ways Humans Own, Share and Reciprocate	p. 141
Little Liars: Origins of Verbal Deception in Children	p. 157
Discovering Mind: Development of Mentalizing in Human Children	p. 179
Emergence of the Social Mind: Two Perspectives	p. 199
Subject Index	p. 207
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