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Where is the 'Theory' in Theory of Mind?
2004
Theory & psychology
Why did 'Theory of Mind' take off when it did, and what, if anything, holds this very diverse approach together? The focus of research within developmental psychology since the 1960s had been the examination of Piaget's claims about cognitive development. The agenda had quickly become to demonstrate, primarily through experiments, that young children could (contrary to Piaget's claims) succeed on various 'cognitive' tasks given the right context. Yet, by the 1980s, the research had still
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