著者

久保 ゆかり

出版者

東洋大学人間科学総合研究所

雑誌

東洋大学人間科学総合研究所紀要 = The Bulletin of the Institute of Human Sciences,Toyo University (ISSN:13492276)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.21, pp.133-151, 2019-03

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This paper first presents an overview of the typical development of social understanding in early childhood, followed by a review of ASD (autism spectrum disorders) research on social understanding that demonstrates children with ASD have difficulty not with propositional (explicit) mentalizing but with intuitive (implicit) mentalizing. It implies intuitive mentalizing itself is essential for interpersonal understanding in daily life. Based on the implications of ASD research, developmental processes of social understanding in early childhood are reconsidered, and directions for future research on children’s social understanding is discussed.