PSYC21H3 Lecture 6: Reading week 6
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interaction theory (it) as an alternative to both theory theory (tt) and stimulation theory (st) various capacities for primary and secondary intersubjectivity found in infancy and early childhood should not be thought of as precursors to later developing capacities for using folk psychology or simulation routines. continue to operate as our ordinary and everyday basis for social cognition. enactive perception rather than implicit simulation is the best model for explaining these capacities. we would need come sense of the circumstances or some narrative framework to guide us. these approaches reflect the theory of mind explanations offered by the standard and dominant models of social cognition: tt and st. folk psychology theory to formulate the inference. simulate what must be going on in the other"s mind by imagining ourselves in his or her shoes. social cognition is a problem (problem of other minds) because we lack direct access to other mind.
