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Ontogeny, evolution, and folk psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Daniel J. Povinelli
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Comparative Behavioral Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, New Iberia Research Center, New IberiaLA 70560
Mia C. Zebouni
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504-0069
Christopher G. Prince
Affiliation:
Center for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504-0069.

Abstract

Barresi & Moore assume an equivalence between ontogenetic and evolutionaiy transformations of social understanding. The mechanisms of evolution allow for novel structures to arise, both through terminal addition and through the onset of novel pathways at time points that precede the end points of ancestral pathways. Terminal addition may not be the appropriate model for the evolution of human object-directed imitation, intermodal equivalence, or joint attention.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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