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Developing Theories of Intention: Social Understanding and Self-control book cover

1st Edition

Developing Theories of Intention Social Understanding and Self-control

Edited By Philip David Zelazo, Janet Wilde Astington, David R. Olson Copyright 1999
372 Pages
by Psychology Press

376 Pages
by Psychology Press

372 Pages
by Psychology Press
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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... Read more
Contents: P.D. Zelazo, J.W. Astington, D.R. Olson, Preface. D.R. Olson, J.W. Astington, P.D. Zelazo, Introduction: Actions, Intentions, and Attributions. Part I:Development of Intention and Intentional Understanding in Infancy and Early Childhood. A.N. Meltzoff, A. Gopnik, B.M. Repacholi, Toddlers' Understanding of Intentions, Desires, and Emotions: Explorations of the Dark Ages. C. Moore, Intentional Relations and Triadic Interactions. M. Tomasello, Having Intentions, Understanding Intentions, and Understanding Communicative Intentions. M. Lewis, D. Ramsay, Intentions, Consciousness, and Pretend Play. P.D. Zelazo, Language, Levels of Consciousness, and the Development of Intentional Action. D. Frye, Development of Intention: The Relation of Executive Function to Theory of Mind. J. Perner, S. Stummer, B. Lang, Executive Functions and Theory of Mind: Cognitive Complexity or Functional Dependence? D.R. Olson, D. Kamawar, The Theory of Ascriptions. Part II:Comparative Perspectives on Intentionality. M.D. Hauser, Primate Representations and Expectations: Mental Tools for Navigating in a Social World. D.J. Povinelli, Social Understanding in Chimpanzees: New Evidence From a Longitudinal Approach. Part III:The Sociocultural Context of Intentionality. J. Dunn, Making Sense of the Social World: Mindreading, Emotion, and Relationships. J.S. Reznick, Influences on Maternal Attribution of Infant Intentionality. J. Jenkins, R. Greenbaum, Intention and Emotion in Child Psychopathology: Building Cooperative Plans. Part IV:Intentionality and Language. J.W. Astington, The Language of Intention: Three Ways of Doing It. C.F. Feldman, Intentionality and Interpretation. J. Bruner, The Intentionality of Referring.

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

"...the findings presented in this text are dicidedly rich, the result of some creative experimental designs and observational techniques."
—Contemporary Psychology

"...provides a readable, even-handed approach to the nature of intentionality by providing converging evidence from language development, comparative, and social psychology."
—Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography

"Because each chapter in Zelazo, Astington, and Olson's book takes a different approach to answering the questions: What is intentionality? and How does intentionality influence development?, all of the chapters, taken together, present a very broad and, indeed, a very rich account. the principal attration of the book is in this very richness, with its diversity in focus and interpretation."
—Human Development

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