PSYC 100 Lecture 15: Psych week 15

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Cognitive development self, theory of mind, theories of cog. You tube: le plus grand cabaret du monde. Theory of mind: explains supernatural phenomena, is another word for moral development, helps us explain mental states of others, is unique to humans. The ability to reason about what other people might know or believe and how those beliefs and knowledge will relate to their actions. Mental states of others are not directly observable. Better you know them more likely you are to get it right. First-order tests of theory of mind by baron-cohen. Less dominant chimps will approach food: when hidden while dominant not looking, when moved while dominant not looking, when new dominant chimp brought in. Corvids move cache when seen hiding take into account what other birds know. They take account what other birds kknow and see but also what they hear.