- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Harvard University Press; 1 edition (22 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0674026667
- ISBN-13: 978-0674026667
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 751,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Informative descriptions of the playful way that even young infants tease, act coy, and generally muck about with their parents
--Times Literary Supplement, 5 September
--Times Literary Supplement, 5 September
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Most psychologists claim that we begin to develop a "theory of mind" - some basic ideas about other people's minds - at age two or three, by inference, deduction, and logical reasoning.But does this mean that small babies are unaware of minds? That they see other people simply as another (rather dynamic and noisy) kind of object? This is a common view in developmental psychology. Yet, as this book explains, there is compelling evidence that babies in the first year of life can tease, pretend, feel self-conscious, and joke with people. Using observations from infants' everyday interactions with their families, Vasudevi Reddy argues that such early emotional engagements show infants' growing awareness of other people's attention, expectations, and intentions.Reddy deals with the persistent problem of "other minds" by proposing a "second-person" solution: we know other minds if we can respond to them. And we respond most richly in engagement with them. She challenges psychology's traditional "detached" stance toward understanding people, arguing that the most fundamental way of knowing minds - both for babies and for adults - is through engagement with them. According to this argument the starting point for understanding other minds is not isolation and ignorance but emotional relation.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a mother, as well as a psychologist, I am always interested in reading books about infants and I am so glad I came upon this book. It gives an in-depth look at the social aspects of early devlopment that mothers are often inherently aware of but that academics so frequently miss - not in this case. A great read.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent review of a wide range of research which has helped us to recognise that infants are much more than just information processors and that what enables them to be what they are is their immersion in intense and intimate relationships. The story of what research has revealed is told in a very engaging, narrative style which acknowledges the author's own personal interests, as a psychologist but also as a mother. By bringing together the critical, analytical perspective of a research psychologist and the direct emotional, affective experiences of a mother's engagement with her children, she is able to show just how important relationships are in shaping a child's entry into social processes. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and learned a lot from it but I wonder whether the title should really be 'How infants know people' - there are still strong arguments for the claim that infants do not 'know minds', nor do they need to be aware of any such abstract concept in order to be able to engage with other people - and not just with their minds.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a student of psychology, this book has challenged a lot of the things I have been taught - and presents a fascinating and appealing theory of how infants could know minds. Not only is the book well written and detailed, it is also a joy to read. Before discovering "How Infants Know Minds", I always felt something wasn't quite right about the theories which claim that infants don't understand minds until later on in infancy. But this book has justified some of my own thoughts that babies are capable of far more than they are given credit for.
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A fascinating read which will appeal to parents, carers, mums to be...
How Infants Know Minds is a fascinating read and will appeal to parents, carers, mums to be and professionals. Read more
Published on 21 July 2009 by Mandy Yilmaz
A fascinating book on early development
Vasudevi Reddy's `How infants know minds' is a fascinating review and revision of our views on early development. Read more
Published on 20 July 2009 by Dr. E. Nagy
Incoherent drivel
If you wish to gain an understanding of the development of mind in infants, then this book is not for you.
It reads like a conversation you are getting second-hand. Read more
It reads like a conversation you are getting second-hand. Read more
Published on 31 May 2009 by Chi
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