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The internalization of mental state discourse contributes to social understanding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Douglas K. Symons
Douglas K. Symons*
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6, Canadahttp://ace.acadiau.ca/science/psyc/dsymons/
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doug.symons@acadiau.ca
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Abstract:

Children's exposure to and participation in mental state discourse contributes to their development of social understanding. Vygotsky's mechanism of internalization is used to account for this process, which has advantages of cultural and linguistic universality. If children internalize mental state discourse, however, then their own use of mental state language should be related to social understanding.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 125 - 126
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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