• child staring at impossible event
• much of work is DISPROVING what we think about infants
• important to think about ages

discovering other minds

"no one understands me"

• self-centeredness
• extreme version of this is narcissm

desires and emotions

• children have difficulty understanding differnt emotional reactions

piaget criticisms

• newer theories see stages as continuous, not discrete
• children may not acquire abilities earlier than proposed
• some children may be able to accomplish things earlier
• off about thinking abt children in chronological cateogories
• some skills that must come before others

lev vgotsky (1896-1934)

• placing emphasis on OTHER PEOPLE
• development in interactions with members in their own culture
• environment rather than geneticis