Developing Theories of Intention

Social Understanding and Self-control

Philip David Zelazo, Janet Wilde Astington, David R. Olson

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Year: 2023
• Topic: Psychology
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000947694
• Subtopic: Developmental Psychology
• Index: Psychology

The chapters collected in this volume represent the "state-of-the-art" of research on the development of intentional action and intentional understanding--topics that are at the intersection of current research on imitation, early understanding of mental states, goal-directed behavior in nonhuman animals, executive function, language acquisition, and narrative understanding, to name just a few of the relevant foci. Collectively, the contributors demonstrate that intentionality is a key issue in the cognitive and social sciences. Moreover, in a way that was anticipated more than a century ago by the seminal work of J. Mark Baldwin, they are beginning to reveal how the control of action is related in development to children's emerging self-conscious and their increasingly sophisticated appreciation of other people's perspectives.

This volume brings together the world's leading researchers on early social and cognitive development in an in-depth exploration of children's understanding of themselves and others.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• 1 Introduction: Actions, Intentions, and Attributions
• Part I Development of Intention and Intentional Understanding in Infancy and Early Childhood
• Part II Comparative Perspectives on Intentionality
• Part III The Sociocultural Context of Intentionality
• Part IV Intentionality and Language
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• Contributors