Week 1 Course introduction

Week 2 Definition of ToM, origins and concepts

Week 3 Infancy and Toddlerhood

Week 4 Categorization and social motivation

Week 5 Early preschool years

Week 6 Emotions, empathy, desires

Week 7 Pretend play

Week 8 Later preschool years

Week 9 Beliefs, false-beliefs, belief-based emotions

Week 10 School years

Week 11 Social reflection and non-literal language

Week 12 Adolescence, moral developement

week 13 Course wrap-up

Week 1 – February 23, 2017

Course Introduction

content of the seminar, goals, expectations, requirements will be discussed

Week 2 – March 2, 2017

Definition of Theory of Mind

Astington, J. W., & Filippova, E. (2005). Language as the route into other minds. In B. F. Malle & S. D. Hodges (Eds.), Other minds: How humans bridge the divide between self and others (pp. 209-222). New York, NY: Guilford Publications, Inc.

Week 3 – March 9, 2017

Infancy and Toddlerhood

Brooks, R., Meltzoff, A. N. (2015). Connecting the dots from infancy to childhood: A longitudinal study connecting gaze following, language, and explicit theory of mind. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 130, 67-78.

Week 4 – March 16, 2017

Categorization and social motivation

TBA

Week 5 – March 22, 2016

Early preschool years

TBA

Week 6 – March 30, 2017

Emotions, empathy, desires

Ronald, A., Happé, F., Hughes, C., Plomin, R. (2005). Nice and Nasty Theory of Mind in Preschool Children: Nature and Nurture. Social Development, 14, 664-684.

Week 7 – April 6, 2017

Pretend Play

TBA

Week 8 – April 13, 2017

Later preschool years

TBA

Week 9 – April 20, 2017

Beliefs, false-beliefs, belief-based emotions

Wellman, H. M., Liu, D. (2004). Scaling of Theory-of-Mind Tasks. Child Development, 75, 523–541.

Week 10 – April 27, 2017

School years

Hughes, C., Devine, R.T. (2015). Individual differences in theory of mind from preschool to adolescence: Achievements and directions. Child Development Perspectives 9, 149-153.

Week 11 – May 4, 2017

Social reflection and non-literal language

Filippova, E., & Astington, J. W. (2010). Children's understanding of social-cognitive and social-communicative aspects of discourse irony. Child Development, 81, 915-930.

Week 12 – May 11, 2017

Adolescence, moral development

Dumontheil, I., Apperly, I.A., Blakemore S.J. (2010). Online usage of theory of mind continues to develop in late adolescence. Developmental Science, 13, 331-338.

Week 13 – May 18, 2017

Course Wrap-up

Note: The schedule is subject to change with a prior notice. Any such notice will be made in class well in advance.