PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Temporoparietal Junction, Transhumanism, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Sumarga Suanda

Document Summary

Theory of mind: understanding that the mind produces representations of the world which guide behavior. Ability to understand our abilities and other people"s levels of abilities. Sandwich on the chest is the first pirates (ivan) , the sandwich falls on the grass. Second pirate (john) puts a second sandwich on the chest. 5 year old: ivan will pick the sandwich on the chest, not realizing that it actually john"s. 3 year old: ivan will pick the sandwich on the grass (the child believes that. Children are egocentric, it takes time for them to learn that not everyone thinks the same way or has the same information that they do. Found between the temporal and parietal junction. How scientists figured this out: told stories about body sensation vs. stories about thinking. Sheila feels hungry vs. sheila ties dog to a pole and he goes missing, You can see a difference in the brain activity depending on the story content.