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The human intellect allows us to acquire a conception of mind. The mind has
evolved into such a powerful form that we are able to go beyond knowing the
world and move towards knowing the mind itself. Being able to comprehend the
mind permits smooth scial interaction, since it allows us to anticipate the
futue actions of thse around us. The apparently effortless quality of social
co-ordination belies the complex process of conceptualization and inference
that is actually at work. The odyssey of childhood, especially in the early
years, presents a topic for investigation and speculation. This text covers development from infancy to adulthood, and also considers
related disorders of development (especially autism). It goes beyond the narrow
focus of preschool. Another purpose of the text is to challenge the widely held
view that children progress to a higher stage of understanding mind following a
radical shift in their thinking that supposedly takes place at four years of
age. An alternative account that is presented as more plasusible, states that
children have some potential from a very early age to understand about mind,
but are largely trapped in the world of material reality. Development, then,
seen as the quest to overcome an attentional bias to reality, that is bound to
inhibit the contemplation of mind. A vital ingredient in the success of this development is seen as the
ability to use language as a vehicle for communication. Language could serve as
a tool that helps the child to think more in the abstract and hypothetical,
once removed fro reality. This text covers development from infancy to adulthood, and also considers
related disorders of development especially autism. Also challenged is the view
that children progress to a higher stage of understanding mind following a
radical shift in
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Acquiring A Conception Of Mind: A Review Of Psychological Research And Theory
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