Children talk about the mind / Karen Bartsch and Henry M. Wellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartsch, Karen, author.

Wellman, Henry M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of, in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors chart the early developmental stages in a child's growing awareness and understanding of the mind. More than 12,000 conversations by children between the ages of two and six have been recorded, allowing a picture to develop of those first crucial stages of the development of the mind.

Contents:

CONTENTS; 1. Children, Mind, and Language: An Introduction; 2. Language and Mind: Methods; 3. Talk about Thoughts and Beliefs; 4. Talk about Desires; 5. Desires and Beliefs; 6. Explanations and Arguments; 7. Individual Differences; 8. Children's Developing Theory of Mind; 9. Alternatives and Controversies; 10. Ordinary Talk about Persons and Minds: Questions and Conclusions; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773490-1

1-280-44329-4

1-4237-3453-X

0-19-534483-9

1-60256-620-8

OCLC:

191038486