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Copyright Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 2012

Abstract

Theory of mind refers to the ability to attribute unobservable mental states to self and to others and to use these states to explain and predict behavior. This ability is extremely important in everyday social interactions, while difficulties in theory of mind are observed in different clinical states. In this paper, key developmental changes in theory of mind during infancy and preschool years are described and different approaches to the assessment of theory of mind in these developmental periods are discussed. A more detailed description is provided of the Early Social Communication Scales (Mundy et al., 2003), tasks examining children's understanding of desires, emotions and false beliefs, the Theory of Mind Scale (Wellman & Liu, 2004), the approach based on the investigation of children's mental state talk and on caregiver ratings. Finally, findings illustrating the importance of theory of mind in typically developing children as well as the importance of the assessment of theory of mind in early diagnostic procedures for certain developmental difficulties and disorders are described. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
Pristupi procjeni teorije uma u dojenackoj i predskolskoj dobi
Author
Sakic, Marija; Topic, Marina Kotrla; Ljubesic, Marta
Pages
359-381
Publication year
2012
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
ISSN
13320742
e-ISSN
18490395
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Croatian
ProQuest document ID
1269153237
Copyright
Copyright Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 2012