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The Resource How Infants Know Minds, Vasudevi Reddy, (electronic resource)

How Infants Know Minds, Vasudevi Reddy, (electronic resource)

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Summary
"Most psychologists claim that we begin to develop a "theory of mind"-some basic ideas about other people's minds-at age two or three, by inference, deduction, and logical reasoning. But does this mean that small babies are unaware of minds? That they see other people simply as another (rather dynamic and noisy) kind of object? This is a common view in developmental psychology. Yet, as this book explains, there is compelling evidence that babies in the first year of life can tease, pretend, feel self-conscious, and joke with people. Using observations from infants' everyday interactions with their families, Vasudevi Reddy argues that such early emotional engagements show infants' growing awareness of other people's attention, expectations, and intentions. Reddy deals with the persistent problem of "other minds" by proposing a "second-person" solution: we know other minds if we can respond to them. And we respond most richly in engagement with them. She challenges psychology's traditional "detached" stance toward understanding people, arguing that the most fundamental way of knowing minds-both for babies and for adults-is through engagement with them. According to this argument the starting point for understanding other minds is not isolation and ignorance but emotional relation."
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (288 p.)
Contents
  • 6. Experiencing Attention
  • 7. Feeling Self-Conscious
  • 8. Playing with Intentions
  • 9. Sharing Funniness
  • 10. Faking in Communication
  • 11. Other Minds and Other Cultures
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. A Puzzle
  • 2. Minding the Gap
  • 3. Engaging Minds: A Second-Person Approach
  • 4. Making Contact: Imitation
  • 5. Opening Conversations
Isbn
9780674033887
Instance
Label
How Infants Know Minds
Title
How Infants Know Minds
Statement of responsibility
Vasudevi Reddy
Creator
Subject
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
"Most psychologists claim that we begin to develop a "theory of mind"-some basic ideas about other people's minds-at age two or three, by inference, deduction, and logical reasoning. But does this mean that small babies are unaware of minds? That they see other people simply as another (rather dynamic and noisy) kind of object? This is a common view in developmental psychology. Yet, as this book explains, there is compelling evidence that babies in the first year of life can tease, pretend, feel self-conscious, and joke with people. Using observations from infants' everyday interactions with their families, Vasudevi Reddy argues that such early emotional engagements show infants' growing awareness of other people's attention, expectations, and intentions. Reddy deals with the persistent problem of "other minds" by proposing a "second-person" solution: we know other minds if we can respond to them. And we respond most richly in engagement with them. She challenges psychology's traditional "detached" stance toward understanding people, arguing that the most fundamental way of knowing minds-both for babies and for adults-is through engagement with them. According to this argument the starting point for understanding other minds is not isolation and ignorance but emotional relation."
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Cataloging source
DE-B1597
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Reddy, Vasudevi
Government publication
other
Language note
In English
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Cognition in infants
  • Infant psychology
  • Interpersonal relations in children
  • Other minds (Theory of knowledge)
  • Social interaction in infants
  • Social perception in children
Target audience
specialized
Label
How Infants Know Minds, Vasudevi Reddy, (electronic resource)
Instantiates
Publication
Contents
  • 6. Experiencing Attention
  • 7. Feeling Self-Conscious
  • 8. Playing with Intentions
  • 9. Sharing Funniness
  • 10. Faking in Communication
  • 11. Other Minds and Other Cultures
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. A Puzzle
  • 2. Minding the Gap
  • 3. Engaging Minds: A Second-Person Approach
  • 4. Making Contact: Imitation
  • 5. Opening Conversations
Control code
ssib045593902
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (288 p.)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Isbn
9780674033887
Other control number
10.4159/9780674033887
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(WaSeSS)ssib045593902
System details
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
Label
How Infants Know Minds, Vasudevi Reddy, (electronic resource)
Publication
Contents
  • 6. Experiencing Attention
  • 7. Feeling Self-Conscious
  • 8. Playing with Intentions
  • 9. Sharing Funniness
  • 10. Faking in Communication
  • 11. Other Minds and Other Cultures
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. A Puzzle
  • 2. Minding the Gap
  • 3. Engaging Minds: A Second-Person Approach
  • 4. Making Contact: Imitation
  • 5. Opening Conversations
Control code
ssib045593902
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (288 p.)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Isbn
9780674033887
Other control number
10.4159/9780674033887
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(WaSeSS)ssib045593902
System details
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web

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