?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Folk+Theory+of+Mind%3A+Conceptual+Foundations+of+Social+Cognition&rft.creator=Malle%2C+Bertram+F.&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=The+human+ability+to+represent%2C+conceptualize%2C+and+reason+about+mind+and+behavior+is+one+of+the+greatest+achievements+of+human+evolution+and+is+made+possible+by+a+%E2%80%9Cfolk+theory+of+mind%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%94+a+sophisticated+conceptual+framework+that+relates+different+mental+states+to+each+other+and+connects+them+to+behavior.++This+chapter+examines+the+nature+and+elements+of+this+framework+and+its+central+functions+for+social+cognition.++As+a+conceptual+framework%2C+the+folk+theory+of+mind+operates+prior+to+any+particular+conscious+or+unconscious+cognition+and+provides+the+%E2%80%9Cframing%E2%80%9D+or+interpretation+of+that+cognition.++Central+to+this+framing+is+the+concept+of+intentionality%2C+which+distinguishes+intentional+action+(caused+by+the+agent%E2%80%99s+intention+and+decision)+from+unintentional+behavior+(caused+by+internal+or+external+events+without+the+intervention+of+the+agent%E2%80%99s+decision).++A+second+important+distinction+separates+publicly+observable+from+publicly+unobservable+(i.e.%2C+mental)+events.++Together%2C+the+two+distinctions+define+the+kinds+of+events+in+social+interaction+that+people+attend+to%2C+wonder+about%2C+and+try+to+explain.++A+special+focus+of+this+chapter+is+the+powerful+tool+of+behavior+explanation%2C+which+relies+on+the+folk+theory+of+mind+but+is+also+intimately+tied+to+social+demands+and+to+the+perceiver%E2%80%99s+social+goals.++A+full+understanding+of+social+cognition+must+consider+the+folk+theory+of+mind+as+the+conceptual+underpinning+of+all+(conscious+and+unconscious)+perception+and+thinking+about+the+social+world.&rft.publisher=Oxford+University+Press&rft.contributor=Hassin%2C+Ran+R.&rft.contributor=Uleman%2C+James+S.&rft.contributor=Bargh%2C+John+A.&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3315%2F1%2FFolk_Theory_of_Mind_03.pdf&rft.identifier=++Malle%2C+Bertram+F.++(2003)+Folk+Theory+of+Mind%3A+Conceptual+Foundations+of+Social+Cognition.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3315%2F