内隐心理理论研究进展

The Development of the Implicit Theory of Mind

心理理论是指对自己和他人心理状态(如需要、信念、愿望、意图、感觉、知识、情绪等)的认识,以及对相应行为做出因果性解释和预测的能力。Apperly&Butterfill(2009)认为心理理论具有两个系统:一个发展较早的、自动的内隐系统和一个发展较晚的、需要意识控制的外显系统。自这一理论提出以来,出现了大量关于内隐心理理论的研究。本文总结了对婴幼儿、成人、特殊个体内隐心理理论的研究进展,并对未来的研究方向提出展望。

The theory of mind refers to the psychological state of themselves and others, such as needs, beliefs, desires, intentions, feelings, knowledge, emotion, etc. ） , and the corresponding behavior to make causal explanation and prediction ability. Apperly ＆ Butterfill （2009） argue that the psychological theory has two systems： adults, special individual are reviewed in this paper, the research progress of implicit theory of mind, and makes prospect for the future research direction.