Is this an example of social imagination?

[adrianna22]

Hi

I was always confused about what actually is social imagination.

I know now that it does not mean that the child has a lack of imagination, but is not able to- something about not imagining other people's thoughts? Correct me if I'm wrong.

But a lot of people have told me that social imagination is not limited down to other peoples thoughts, but things as well.

I think I have now have an idea of what social imagination is. For example, when you got suspicious of your children having ASD, one of the symptoms that they listed was; The child knows what a train is, but when an image of a train is presented in the book (Illustrated form), the child does not know that it is a train. Is that social imagination?

bump.

I'm not sure if the example you use is accurate or not but have found this example which seems to sum it up as I understand it

I think nicecupof's link explains it well.

The train example is certainly not an example of social imagination. Also, DD has pretty severe ASD and LDs but she would not have had any difficulty knowing that the image in the book as the same as a 'real' train. Suppose this has rather something to do with generalisation (which sometimes children with ASD find difficult)

My ds cant cope if people don't do what he expects them to do. I always think this could be because of his lack of social imagination. Example, lollipop man does not wave good bye to Ds because someone else is speaking to lollipop man. Ds has major tantrum. If teacher is in playground before Ds is in the line this can result in school refusal.

Hi everyone

I think I have a bit of understanding now.

So, is the same like consequences. Like a child knowing he will be told off he if touches the expensive ornament?

Hmmm?

So is it like, a child throwing a tantrum over a toy that he wants, even though mum said no?

DD3 got a merit card through the post last week. She had seen a boy in her class fall over and she fetched him a cushion, a toy and then found his best friend.

She had used her social imagination to interpret how he might feel and what would make him feel better.

X post with Polter.

DD2 would most likely ignore the fallen unless they were in her way.

Hi everyone

Thanks for explaining! I get it now

Also thanks to zzzz for correcting me.

It's like thinking that everyone who knocks into you did it on purpose.

It's like not understanding your place in a queue that isn't linear.

It's like not understanding that the person in sainsbury's behind you in the line whi is demonstratively tutting and looking at their watch has anything to do with your slow and detailed packing.

I think perhaps the tantrum due to being told no to a toy could be an example as perhaps in his mind he had decided he was going to have a new toy and he hadn't imagined/couldn't imagine that the answer might be no. DS demonstrated a good example today when he went shopping with DH and 'decided' (without saying anything of course) that they would pay at checkout 4 so a huge tantrum ensued when DH headed for number 5. When he got home he asked me if I had heard him - he doesn't seem to get that I wasn't there so I had no idea what happened