The intuitive understanding of mental states, intentions, and behaviors that people use in everyday life to predict and explain human actions, also called "theory of mind."
Example: Predicting that someone will be happy if they receive good news, or explaining someone's behavior by attributing beliefs, desires, and intentions to them based on common-sense psychology.
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