It is commonly assumed that a person's emotional state can be readily inferred from his or
her facial movements, typically called emotional expressions or facial expressions. This …

Drawing on both classic and current approaches, I propose a theory that integrates
motivation, personality, and development within one framework, using a common set of …

'How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood
and turned my understanding upside down'–Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point …

We propose that human social cognition is structured around a basic understanding of
ourselves and others as intuitive utility maximizers: from a young age, humans implicitly …

The distinction between intuitive and analytic thinking is common in psychology. However,
while often being quite clear on the characteristics of the two processes ('Type 1'processes …

This article provides a synthesis and overview of a theory of cognitive development, rational
constructivism. The basic tenets of this view are as follows:(a) Initial state: Human infants …

Children's causal learning has been characterized as a rational process, in which children
appropriately evaluate evidence from their observations and actions in light of their existing …

Analogies between scientific theories and children's folk theories have been central to the
study of cognitive development for decades. In support of the comparison, numerous studies …

Abstract Reasoning under uncertainty is the bread and butter of everyday life. Many areas of
psychology, from cognitive, developmental, social, to clinical, are interested in how …

What is the nature of human learning, and what insights can be gained from understanding
early learning in infants and young children? This is an important question for understanding …