This book provides a critical review of research into how children come to understand the social world, an area often known as children's "theories of mind".
- Takes an integrated approach to the development of children's social understanding
- Brings out the connections between mental state understanding and children's understanding of language, social skills, morality and emotions.
Sets research within a historical and theoretical context- Contributes unique insights and perspectives, particularly in its discussions of Piaget and Vygotsky, and in its Wittgensteinian focus on the role of language.
- ISBN10 1405105496
- ISBN13 9781405105491
- Publish Date 15 March 2006
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English