ICD Social Cognition

Social cognition

new subfield of cognitive development. Combines social psych with cognitive psych. Main topic of interest is how do infants and children reason about other people?

Joint attention

the shared attention of two individuals on the same object or event. Happens through gaze, head turning, pointing.

When does gaze following happen

around 3

By the end of the first year

infants know the importance of of eyes for interpreting others attention

When do infants use pointing gestures

end of second year

When will infants follow head turns

9 months even when others eyes are closed. By 10

When does goal direction occur

6 months. Infants interpret other peopls actions. When hand that repeatedly reach for ball and then reach for bear infant shocked. But they dont gaf when its mechanical claw

When do infants use shared interests and behavior to predict affiliation

9 months. Two people are like i like this i dont like this and then when they get along infant is shocked!

When will infants selectively imitate behaviors based on the goal of the person

14 months

How does social congition develop

culture, different contexts, different experiences

Theory of mind

understanding that others have mental states that affect their behavior like desires, thoughts, beliefs, knowledge, and feelings.

False belief tasks

used to measure theory of mind. Cant pass till 4

Theory theory

the idea that children have a theory of mind based on their own mind. With experience they start to learn about things in the world and more complex perspectives and then they can change the theory

Developmental order

IN WESTERN CULTURES. theory of mind develops first in terms of different desires. Diverse desire, diverse belief, knowledge

Inhibitory control

requires to pass the false beleif theory of mind task. Overriding your dominant response to respond accurarely to the other persons false belief

Skills that require theory of mind

friendships, lying and deception, game playing, strategies for persuading others

Children will accept diverse preferences before false beliefs

okay i guess

Reliability

when they see an adult get it right theyll be like yeah theyre reliable and will seek info from that adult

Familiarity

children trust a familiar adult more than a stranger. Children seek out a familar adult more than a stranger for new information

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ADULT YOU ARE FAMILAR WITH IS W R O N G / unreliable?

3 year olds go with the familar adult, 4 year olds are uncertain, 5 year oklds go with reliable

3 year olds on evaluating knowledge and expertise

use past reliability and familatity to decide who to trust and get information from. When in conflict, choose FAMILIARITY

5 year olds on evaluating knowledge and expertise

also use reliability and familiarity but choose context specific RELIABILITY over familiarity