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The mind in the mind of the beholder: Elucidating relational influences on early social understanding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Ross A. Thompson*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA95616-8686http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/pgms/page.cfm?PersonID=156
H. Abigail Raikes*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB68588-0308

Abstract:

Relational experiences shape emergent social understanding, and two influences deserve particular attention. First, parent-child conversation about shared experiences incorporates both implicit and explicit information about mental states that catalyzes the social construction of understanding, especially in juxtaposition with the child's direct experience. Second, emotion infuses the contexts and cognitions about social experiences that provoke the child's constructivist efforts.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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