HP2300 Lecture

What is the theory of mind?

The infants' belief of others' principles

The ability to understand other people's actions and external manifestations in terms of their internal mental states

Infants' understanding of people's emotions

The theory that infants are unable to decipher human states until the age of 4

What is the theory of mind used for?

It is used to make sense of our social world

It is used to understand how infants behave in social situations

It is used to identify false beliefs

It is used to understand how people have different personalities

What is the experiment done by Meltzoff and Moore about?

The time at which infants learn to understand false beliefs

The age at which infants learn language

The precursors in neonates for imitation

The age at which infants succeed the A-not-B task

Who are the participants in the experiment done by Meltzoff and Moore?

Newborns within 1 month of age

Newborns within 2 days of age

Infants from 3-6 months of age

Infants from 9-12 months of age

What is the infants' understanding of others based on?

Perception, goals/desires and basic emotions

Perception, false beliefs, and goals/desires

Basic emotions, goals/desires and language

Basic emotions, perception and explicit judgment

What was the original age that people believed children understand false beliefs?

4 years old

15 months old

12 months old

5 years old

Why did children fail the false belief tasks?

Complex language, one party involved

Multiple parties involved, implicit judgment

Complex language, implicit judgment

Complex language, multiple parties involved

What is the Woodward Paradigm?

6 months old understand that a reach is goal-directed

Infants look to adults/parents for emotional cues

Babies protrude their tongues at birth

Babies are empathetic from young

What was the result of Repacholi and Gopnik's crackers experiment on desires?

Most kids at 18 months did not give crackers because they didn't want the experimenter to have them

Most kids at 18 months did not give crackers because they knew that the experimenter didn't like crackers

Most kids at 14 months gave crackers because the experimenter liked crackers

Most kids at 14 months old did not give crackers because they didn't want the experimenter to have them

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