Theory of Mind Lecture Notes

Theory of Mind Flashcards

__ is the ability to attribute beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions to self and others in order to explain and predict behavior.

Theory of Mind

The __ hypothesis suggests that success in primate societies is often determined by social exploitation through acquired expertise, leading to advancements in primate cognition.

Machiavellian

While chimps can pass the __ , this means they are able to recognise a bodily sense of sense, but not necessarily understand that body and mental states are different.

mirror test

A study found that while chimps do well and know to beg food from someone facing forwards than backwards, they were at __ for other conditions (hands over eyes, blindfolded, bucket over head)

chance

Dogs show __ in the strange situation (where the owner leaves an unfamiliar room) and demonstrates object permeance.

anxiety

When owner says __ and leaves every single time the dog took the food (didn’t take food when say dint take it and owner present)

don’t take it

Both dogs and infants look towards and faces but look away from __ and don’t like sad sounds

angry, happy, sad

Volume decrease in __ in 20s (shrinkage of larger neurons)

gray matter

declines in fear recognition between 20-40s correlated with __ gray matter loss

medial frontal

Volume decrease in __ in 40s-50s (reductions) in myelination

white matter

Using __ of others to guide understanding

emotional signals

At 9 months infants have an expectation for the same object but not same side, reflecting action/behaviour not __

mental state

If do __ task you are just reflecting on where the object will be, not their belief of where it is

true belief

After 4 most children __ Shows ToM and control

lie

Mother talks about __ child desires at 15 months - greater Tom at 24 months

mental states

Infant understands talking to __ not themselves - aids ToM acquisition

character

Mother's use of single __ to describe different behaviours, makes bigger ToM gains because compels children to understand that the mental state is common to both words

mental state word