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Shared intentionality

We argue for the importance of processes of shared intentionality in children's early cognitive development. We look briefly at four important social‐cognitive skills and how they are transformed by shared intentionality. In each case, we look first at a kind of individualistic version of the s...

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Published in:Developmental science 2007-01, Vol.10 (1), p.121-125
Main Authors: Tomasello, Michael, Carpenter, Malinda
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Animals
Attention
Child Development
Child Development - physiology
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition - physiology
Cognitive Development
Cooperation
Cooperative Behavior
Developmental Psychology
Developmental Stages
Eye Movements
Group Activities
Humans
Individuality
Infant
Intention
Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Relations
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Pan troglodytes - physiology
Primates
Social Cognition
Social Development
Social interaction
Socialization
Theory
Toddlers
Young Children
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