Children's understanding of false belief in humans and animals /
are discussed in terms of the possible implications that the
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1998.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | are discussed in terms of the possible implications that the can maintain and act upon a false belief by the age of four; Children are believed to develop an understanding that others develop this "understanding." This study compared three-year- effect of varying the situation in which a child makes a false belief in both an animal and a human. I found that has for the four main theories of theory of mind development: however, there is some controversy as to how exactly children Modularity, "Theory-Theory", Simulation, and Vygotskian. olds' and four-year-olds' abilities to correctly identify a prediction of false belief, such as altering the actor used, the likelihood of three-year-olds passing the task. Results using an animal as an actor in a false belief task increased |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Psychology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | v, 58 leaves ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 49-53. |