| The infant's theory of self-propelled objects. | |
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PMID: 2383967 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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"Theory of mind" is treated as a modular component of human social behavior and an attempt is made to find the origins of this component in the perception of the infant. According to the theory I describe here, the infant assigns a high priority to changes in motion and divides the world into two kinds of objects on the basis of this criterion: those that are and those that are not self-propelled. How the infant perceives these two kinds of objects is described by four basic assumptions. First, when the state of motion of a nonself-propelled object is changed by another object, the infant's principal hard-wired perception is causality; when a self-propelled object changes its motion without assistance from another object the infant's principal hard-wired perception is intention. Second, if two self-propelled objects are related in a special way--a relation called the BDR sequence--the infant perceives not only intentional movement but also one object as having the goal of affecting the other object. Third, the BDR sequence has a more powerful consequence: the infant perceives that the affected object intends to reciprocate. Fourth, the infant expects that reciprocation will preserve valence (not form), where valence is formulated either as the preservation/denial of liberty, or as an aesthetic response. |
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Authors:
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D Premack |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Cognition Volume: 36 ISSN: 0010-0277 ISO Abbreviation: Cognition Publication Date: 1990 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1990-09-20 Completed Date: 1990-09-20 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0367541 Medline TA: Cognition Country: SWITZERLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1-16 Citation Subset: C |
Affiliation:
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Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19174. |
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Child Psychology* Concept Formation* Form Perception* Humans Infant Motion Perception* Set (Psychology)* |
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