Open Heart Logic Wiki page JoshuaGoalResearchQuestion edited by AnonymousGnome
--- database/JoshuaGoalResearchQuestion.old Fri Jun 3 13:10:43 2005 +++ database/JoshuaGoalResearchQuestion Fri Jun 3 13:10:43 2005 @@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ understand other agents as possessing goals and other mental states like ourselves. -Human understanding of experience typically dawns between the age of -nine to twelve months. Infants begin to form a referential triangle -of child, adult, and the object or event to which they both attend. -Goal are expressed within this triadic framework. Initially, infants -observe what an adult attends to. While observing, an infant may -learn to solve her own problem by imitating adult behavior. After a few -months, infants begin to direct adult attention by pointing to -external objects. Most often, the term "joint attention" is used to -refer to the basic social skills operating within this triadic -framework. +A human understanding of other agents typically dawns in human infants +between the age of nine to twelve months. Cognitively, infants form a +referential triangle of child, adult, and the object or event to which +they both attend. Goals can be expressed within this triadic +framework. Initially, infants observe what an adult attends to. +While observing, an infant may learn by imitating adult behavior. +After a few months, infants begin to direct adult attention by +pointing to external objects. Most often, the term "joint attention" +is used to refer to these basic social skills which are operating +within a triadic framework. Joint attention enables specialized forms +of cognition, and eventually, language acquisition (Tomasello 2003). -Joint attention enables specific forms of cognition. OCC (1988) -argued that emotions are dependent on cognition. However, OCC does -not distinguish between cognitions which require joint attention and -cognitions which fit into a more limited cognitive framework. Drawing -this distinction is the concern here. Which emotions could -conceivably be experienced by an ape and which must be uniquely human -emotions? +OCC (1988) argued that emotions are dependent on cognition. However, +OCC does not distinguish between cognitions which require joint +attention and cognitions which can likely be represented with the +cognitive skills of non-human primates. I will try to draw this +distinction. Which emotions can conceivably be experienced by an ape +and which are uniquely human emotions? _______________________________________________ Heartlogic-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/heartlogic-dev
