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Social Understanding and Social Lives - From Toddlerhood through to the Transition to School (Hardcover)
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Social Understanding and Social Lives - From Toddlerhood through to the Transition to School (Hardcover)
Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology
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Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award (Academic
Monograph category) 2013! Over the past thirty years, researchers
have documented a remarkable growth in children's social
understanding between toddlerhood and the early school years.
However, it is still unclear why some children's awareness of
others' thoughts and feelings lags so far behind that of their
peers. Based on research that spans an extended developmental
period, this book examines this question from both social and
cognitive perspectives, and investigates the real-life significance
of individual differences in theory of mind. After tracing the key
age-related changes in the development of theory of mind, this book
examines individual differences in relation to children's cognitive
abilities and their social experiences. Why might language or
executive function matter for children's social understanding? And
how do children's linguistic environments and relationships with
parents and siblings contribute to their ability to reflect on
people's thoughts and feelings? The book also reviews the evidence
for predictive links between early social understanding and later
social behaviour. Using information gathered from classmates,
teachers and the children themselves, the author investigates links
between individual differences in early social understanding and in
the quality of children's interactions with friends, in their
ability to resolve conflict, and in diverse aspects of school
adjustment. Drawing on rich observational data gathered in this
extended longitudinal study, as well as skills acquired during her
early experimental studies of children with autism and a six year
collaboration with Professor Judy Dunn, the author integrates both
cognitive and social accounts of theory of mind. The book is ideal
reading for researchers actively working in the field, graduate and
undergraduate students specializing in developmental psychology,
educational and health professionals, and parents interested in
learning about children's early social development.
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