Theory of Mind

What I found most interesting in the recent readings of the Lilienfeld text was the concept of theory of mind. Theory of mind is the ability to know that not everyone knows the same things you do and being able to reason what other might know. I found it to be super fascinating when the theory was able to be proved multiple times through the use of storytelling. This concept is very important to developmental psychology because it further supports the claim that children are not just miniature adults. Studying the various stages when children are able to infer certain information is essential in helping understand how the human brain develops over time. It is also important to understand how children think in order to act appropriately around them. Obviously it is not reasonable to think that children think the way that we do.
I can see this concept applying to my life in the future as I tend to be around children. I think that it is important to have somewhat of a grasp to of how children see the world; in parenting or any other situation involving children. I found it important for me to learn this concept as I do not remember what it was like to think as a child. It makes it difficult to try and pretend to be a child while watching videos in psychology discussion and try to evaluate them like they would. This concept can be applied into my studying of psychology in many different ways.