Origins of the Social Mind Evolutionary and Developmental Views /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Itakura, Shoji (Editor), Fujita, Kazuo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2008.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Behavioral sciences.; Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Psychology, general.; Behavioral Sciences.; Biomedicine general.

During the ? rst few years of life, children acquire knowledge about the relati- ships between their own mental states, their actions, and the social world. This information is then used to understand themselves and others. Humans are born into families, where they are raised and learn to cooperate,...