Background
Mitchell, Peter Lawrence was born on April 15, 1959 in Southport, United Kingdom. Son of Gordon Herbert and Kathleen (Wright) Mitchell.
(Theory of Mind is an exciting area of contemporary develo...)
Theory of Mind is an exciting area of contemporary developmental psychology that concerns the child's developing understanding of other people as thinking beings - individuals with different perceptions, emotions and reasoning. Peter Mitchell's highly readable and non-technical 'Introduction to Theory of Mind' focuses on the latest exciting research in the field and integrates work carried out on adults, apes and children with autism. The author shows how children develop (or fail to develop) an understanding of the minds of others during infancy and beyond. On one hand, there are circumstances in which toddlers show a surprising insight into the minds of those around them. On the other hand, even the average adult does not always reason effectively about other peoples minds. Unfortunately, the development of an understanding of mind can run into serious difficulties, and one form of such abnormal development can be autism. The background to this socially crippling syndrome is introduced for the benefit of the non-specialist and then examined in some depth.
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Mitchell, Peter Lawrence was born on April 15, 1959 in Southport, United Kingdom. Son of Gordon Herbert and Kathleen (Wright) Mitchell.
Bachelor in Psychology with honors, Liverpool (United Kingdom) University, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Liverpool (United Kingdom) University, 1987.
Research fellow University Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1987-1990. Lecturer University Swansea, Wales, 1990-1994, University Birmingham, 1994-1997, senior lecturer, 1997-1998. Professor in psychology University Nottingham, England, since 1998.
(Theory of Mind is an exciting area of contemporary develo...)
(It seems the mind has evolved into such a powerful form t...)
Member British Psychological Society, Society Research in Child Development, Experimental Psychological Society.
Married Rita Mary Proctor, August 11, 1979. 1 child, Andrew Keith.