What Is The Undeveloped Theory Of Mind

Decent Essays
An undeveloped Theory of Mind is find in people with ASD, ADHD, Schizophrenia, many with issues that is caused by physical problems. These people will find it hard to understand that others will think and feel differently to them, whatever they believe to be true or false they think everyone thinks the same even if others may not
● Children with undeveloped Theory of Mind don't use words or vocabulary like peers of their own ag. Communication can be affected into adulthood
● Older children (teen age) with undeveloped Theory of Mind will struggle in social interaction situations it makes them more vulnerable to bullies as they cannot understand social cues and a person with ASD can be very

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    How do you imagine that Howard Gardner would respond to a concerned parent seeking guidance who asks, "How can I get my Kristen more motivated to achieve in school? She is starting to fall behind in both reading and math! All she wants to do is get outside and play softball! " How would Dr. Gardner foster intrapersonal intellignece in this student? Interpersonal intelligence?…

    • 448 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This development occurs from childhood to adolescence, as well as through adulthood. Due to environmental factors, and P.T.S.D, child had difficultly retaining information in the school setting as well as home. The frontal lobe was also under developed, with past trauma making it far more difficult for child to retain information, as well as separate what is right from…

    • 777 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Today many people need therapy so they can be physical healthy, but not only old people, also children need it, so what better than be a physical therapist. When considering a career in Physical Therapist, a person must carefully look into responsibilities this will entail, the skills one must have to succeed , plus other important aspects such as working conditions, salary, and the future of the job; however, just as important is to carefully seek out the University of Michigan that willnbest prepare one of this person. Physical Therapist are health care professionals who diagnose and treat individuals of all ages, from newborns to the very old ones, who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities…

    • 1553 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Disability— a physical or mental impairment with a substantial and/or long term adverse effect on a persons ability to perform day to day activities. Impairment— A condition that is different to that which is expected at a particular age and stage of development for a child or young person. This could be as a result of medical, social or environmental factors.…

    • 695 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The current understanding of domestic violence is that it is a combination of learned behavior theory and learned helplessness .This theory assumes that current batterers learn this behavior through observation. For example, young boys who witness their fathers beating their mothers are seven times more likely to batter their own spouses. Violence is learned through exposure to social values and beliefs regarding the appropriate roles of men and women. Violent behavior is then reinforced when peers and authorities fail to sanction batterers for using violence in their relationships.…

    • 194 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    Homeless people are more vulnerable to health-related issues such as, mental disability, post-traumatic stress syndrome, people with drug or alcohol addiction, and diabetes. Homeless is a social, economic, and public health problem that is increasing in the U.S. In the article, “Homelessness: reducing health disparities” by James D. Plumb, provides facts, and evidences, of how homelessness connects with health disparities. To understand the point of collaborative approach for the homeless, it is helpful to understand the meaning of homelessness and what happened to them, that got them to the spot to where they are. In the article, Plumb mentions that “..the homelessness and poverty are linked.”…

    • 1253 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In their work, The Extended Mind, Andy Clark and David Chalmers present the extended mind hypothesis to argue against the idea of the mind consisting solely of inputs and outputs. The hypothesis argues that the mind is not simply an internal thing, but rather that it can exist externally and be part of an individual’s environment. Clark and Chalmers argue for this this by presenting the examples of Otto, a man whose memories and knowledge lie in a notebook, and Inga someone who stores all the information in her mental states. I will argue that the extended mind hypothesis is unsuccessful because there is no clear line of what is actually known and what is only thought to be known. The extended mind hypothesis is the argument that…

    • 960 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Nature of Mind Summary David Armstrong wholeheartedly believes in “Scientism” and agrees strongly with Materialist views. He starts off by making the point that he absolutely believes that humans have minds. Some people believe that the mind is the physical brain while others have spiritual beliefs about the mind. There are other views and theories out there, but those are the most popular, controversial ones. Although there’s many theories, most people can come to an agreement that all humans have certain functions that clearly link up to the mind/brain.…

    • 610 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Extended Mind Hypothesis

    • 1428 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Functionalism and the extended mind hypothesis Philosophy of mind, is a topic which studies the different aspects in understanding how the mind works. One of the main questions for philosophy of mind, is how the physical (in this case the brain) interacts with the mental (the mind). When addressing the questions of how the mind and body interact with each other, and in what ways the mind works in general, there are many different propositions put forward to explain the interaction. Some of these arguments have very different outlooks on how this interaction takes place, and how the mind works.…

    • 1428 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Someone with a fixed mindset will consider effort making as a mere waste of time. He doesn’t see what more things he could achieve by making more efforts. To him, there’s a lot to figure out and there’s no time for all of them, so why waste the time and effort to learn something new or to improve what he has since they’re okay as they are.  Growthmindset: Your growth mindset will convince you that the effort you are making will help you somehow.…

    • 634 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Hewson. C. (2015)A human can understand that another human has thoughts, wants and desires, for example, that are different to ones own. Hewson refers to this as a form of “mindreading”. Simply put, theory of mind refers to the way in which a person can understand that…

    • 944 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Theory of mind is a person’s ability to understand that other people are separate from their own self, and that other people have their own beliefs, thoughts, emotions and point of view. People who have ASD often are limited in their ability to…

    • 929 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This essay discusses the four grand theories of development. A theory is an attempt to organise a lot of different facts and give an overall explanation of something. The four Grand Theories of child development is Behaviourism, Social learning theory, Piaget’s cognitive-developmental theory and Vygotsky’s social-cognitive theory. It is important to examine these theories because it has a huge influence on how we think about children, how we interact with children and the way we view children. There are two types of behaviourism Classical conditioning and Operant conditioning.…

    • 899 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Cognitive therapy was founded by Aaron Beck, and he based this therapeutic approach on two main ideas. The first idea is that individuals who are depressed have a negativity bias in their thinking, and the second idea is that the way individuals interpret the events around them contributes to the maintenance of their depression (Ball, n.d.). In a more refined sense by Ball (n.d.) it can be said that cognitive therapy is based on the premise that it is not the event itself that the individual faces but rather how they make sense of it that determines their emotional reaction.…

    • 1492 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    (1) In your own words, define, then compare and contrast the different theories of intelligence that are presented in the textbook, including Spearman 's G Factor, Gardner 's Multiple Intelligences, Sternberg 's Triarchic Theory and the concept of Emotional Intelligence. Sternberg proposed that there consist three types of intelligence: analytical, creative and practical. Analytic intelligence consists of problem-solving; creative intelligence deals with new ideas, new ways of problem-solving and processing certain aspects of information; practical intelligence, in other words, "street smarts," involves the ways people get through life. In general, these three types of intelligence work systematically to solve problems.…

    • 724 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays