PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Synaptogenesis
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Then the child is asked, where will sally think the marbles are? : this tests the child can views the world egocentrically, or in a more mature way seeing things from another person"s perspective, may also assist in the explanation of emotions, if another child is crying, can a child understand that they are crying because they are sad, requires self awareness, the capacity of pretence and the ability to distinguish reality from pretence, children play pretend games (pretending to be a dog, a doctor = someone else), this helps them develop the understanding how others feel. Development of social cognition: how an individual conceptualize, think, reason and understand about the social world, research in this area has focused on content, content: shift from physical and material aspects to more psychological descriptions of self, others, and relationships and structure, most research focuses on statements of children about the self and other (friends and family).
