Contributions

  • Philip David Zelazo (Editor) - Contributor
  • Janet Wilde Astington (Editor) - Contributor
  • David R. Olson (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

1999-04-01 - Lawrence Erlbaum

Language

English

Word Count

92,000 words, Guess

Page Count

368 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCBF723.S25D46 1999

Description

In this book, leading scholars address difficult but fascinating questions concerning intentionality as it is manifested in a wide variety of contexts, including imitation in infancy, early understanding of mental states, reasoning in nonhuman primates, executive function, language acquisition, and narrative understanding. 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-consciousness and their increasingly sophisticated appreciation of other people's perspectives.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Developing Theories of Intention: Social Understanding and Self-controlPaperbackLawrence Erlbaum1999-04-01

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