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Shared intentionality.

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Tomasello, M; Carpenter, M
Published in: Developmental science
January 2007

We argue for the importance of processes of shared intentionality in children's early cognitive development. We look briefly at four important social-cognitive skills and how they are transformed by shared intentionality. In each case, we look first at a kind of individualistic version of the skill -- as exemplified most clearly in the behavior of chimpanzees -- and then at a version based on shared intentionality -- as exemplified most clearly in the behavior of human 1- and 2-year-olds. We thus see the following transformations: gaze following into joint attention, social manipulation into cooperative communication, group activity into collaboration, and social learning into instructed learning. We conclude by highlighting the role that shared intentionality may play in integrating more biologically based and more culturally based theories of human development.

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Developmental science

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EISSN

1467-7687

ISSN

1363-755X

Publication Date

January 2007

Volume

10

Issue

1

Start / End Page

121 / 125

Related Subject Headings

  • Pan troglodytes
  • Learning
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Intention
  • Infant
  • Individuality
  • Humans
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Cognition
 

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Tomasello, M., & Carpenter, M. (2007). Shared intentionality. Developmental Science, 10(1), 121–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00573.x
Tomasello, Michael, and Malinda Carpenter. “Shared intentionality.Developmental Science 10, no. 1 (January 2007): 121–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00573.x.
Tomasello M, Carpenter M. Shared intentionality. Developmental science. 2007 Jan;10(1):121–5.
Tomasello, Michael, and Malinda Carpenter. “Shared intentionality.Developmental Science, vol. 10, no. 1, Jan. 2007, pp. 121–25. Epmc, doi:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2007.00573.x.
Tomasello M, Carpenter M. Shared intentionality. Developmental science. 2007 Jan;10(1):121–125.
Journal cover image

Published In

Developmental science

DOI

EISSN

1467-7687

ISSN

1363-755X

Publication Date

January 2007

Volume

10

Issue

1

Start / End Page

121 / 125

Related Subject Headings

  • Pan troglodytes
  • Learning
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Intention
  • Infant
  • Individuality
  • Humans
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Cognition