Developing Theories of Intention: Social Understanding and Self-control

Olson David R. Astington Janet Wilde Zelazo Philip David

ISBN 10: 080583141X / ISBN 13: 9780805831412

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 1999

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pp. 376.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Developing Theories of Intention: Social Understanding and Self-control
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080583141X
• ISBN 13: 9780805831412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The chapters collected in this volume represent the "state-of-the-art" of research on the development of intentional action and intentional understanding--topics that are at the intersection of current research on imitation, early understanding of mental states, goal-directed behavior in nonhuman animals, executive function, language acquisition, and narrative understanding, to name just a few of the relevant foci. Collectively, the contributors demonstrate that intentionality is a key issue in the cognitive and social sciences. Moreover, in a way that was anticipated more than a century ago by the seminal work of J. Mark Baldwin, they are beginning to reveal how the control of action is related in development to children's emerging self-conscious and their increasingly sophisticated appreciation of other people's perspectives.

This volume brings together the world's leading researchers on early social and cognitive development in an in-depth exploration of children's understanding of themselves and others.

About the Author

Philip David Zelazo, Janet Wilde Astington, David R. Olson