PHYSICS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Telepathy, Face Perception, Executive Dysfunction
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Possibility to predict another person"s behavior from knowing that person"s beliefs and intentions. Appreciating that other people may have a different set of beliefs. Theorize about others" mental states from what they say or how they act cannot be defined with precision. Emotions, feelings, desires; emotions/feelings and desires are connected. Knowledge, we can think about information, knowledge is derived from particular sources. Beliefs about the state of the world (about how things are) mental representation of the world. Mental phenomena are confusing for children because they are insubstantial and nonobvious. Understanding of mind: understanding the nature of mental entities, use of psychological reasoning to explain human actions. Preschoolers think of mental entities as tangible, physical realists. They often incorrectly apply psychological reasoning to physical objects and physical reasoning to human acts. Children"s knowledge of mind before the age of 4. 7m appear surprised ij objects move without external force, understand people as intentional beings.
