PSY 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: School Bullying, Psych, Eleanor Maccoby
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Mind theory: premack and woodruff (1978) presented the concept of "mind theory" as part of their attempts to understand the cognitive and language abilities of chimpanzees: "a person has a mind theory if he imputes mental states to himself and others" (1978:515) When we spend time with others, we take their emotions, opinions and actions into account in order to try to understand why people behave as they do. The area of cognitive development is actually almost dominated by a virtual tsunami of work that started in the 1980"s. Sutton et al also provided an fascinating application of the theory of mind to the problem of school bullying. Eleanor maccoby: adding social to cognitive growth: eleanor maccoby"s broad research interests (born 1917) put her at a particular psychological advantage in incorporating the learning of different theoretical backgrounds and in analyzing contemporary research results in child development.
