If you know something, say something: young children's problem with false beliefs

Frontiers in Psychology

Mikkel B Hansen² 

[1] Roskilde University;Université Paris 8;

关键词: social cognition;    language development;    pragmatics;    theory-of-mind;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00023

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Whether young children understand that others may hold false beliefs is a hotly debated topic in psychology and neuroscience. Much evidence suggests that children do not pass this milestone in their understanding of other people until the age of 5 years. Other evidence suggests that they understand already in their second year. This study proposes a novel account of the logic of conversations about certain mental states. By modifying the discourse accordingly, children passed three false belief tasks at 3 years of age while they failed standard false belief tasks. The results support the view that even young children construe other people in adult-like psychological terms.

【 授权许可】

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