Children's Reasoning and the Mind
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Psychology Press; Psychology
Published: January 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780863778544
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Psychology; Developmental - Child; Developmental - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology
First sentence: In 1978, the primatologists David Premack and Guy Woodruff introduced the term 'theory of mind' (TOM) when asking whether the behavior of chimpanzees could be explained by crediting them with an ability to impute mental states such as beliefs, desires and intentions.