Essays on Theory of Mind

Autism has a special place in my heart. Growing up, my godmother would watch me and her two sons during summer breaks. One of her sons had Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD, and I would later discover that both my godmother and her husband also...

There are many aspects that go into the development of a child in order for them to grow into proper adults. Around age four to five years old, an important social-cognitive behavior occurs that allow the child to no longer think in an egocentrically fashion...

The ‘causal theory’ of mind as defended by Lewis and Armstrong aims at explaining the causal relation between mental representation of certain things and people’s behavior or other forms of physical realization in the external world. In particular, Armstrong is successful in addressing many logical...

Introduction “Having a theory of mind is to be able to reflect on the contents of one’s own and other’s minds. (Simon Baron-Cohen, 2001)”. As has been discussed by Uta Firth, you cannot refer to the theory of mind without also referring to autism. Autism...

Children are often perceived as naive or ignorant when understanding the perspectives of different people. Children under the age of 4 may be unable to differentiate between representational changes, or the ability to change a belief of an object due to problem-solving (Gopnik & Astington...