The Development of Social Understanding

Jeremy I. M. Carpendale · Charlie N. Lewis

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Research and theory on social cognitive development across the life span over the past 30 years has concentrated on an understanding of beliefs, desires, and intentions, referred to as “theory of mind.” This chapter describes the developmental course, beginning in infancy, of social-cognitive skills in relation to general cognitive processes, such as executive functions, atypical social cognitive development, research in primatology and neuroscience, notably mirror neurons. It contrasts the current individualistic claims with what we feel are more valid relational metatheoretical assumptions. We contend that social understanding (which we prefer to “theory of mind”) should be understood as embedded in interpersonal engagement, joint attention, culture, family interaction, and language. These processes facilitate increasing sophistication in social understanding.

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