Author: Hala, S.; Chandler, M.; Fritz, A.S.
Description: 3 studies involving more than 70 3- and 4-year-olds were carried out in an effort to better secure an earlier but controversial set of findings interpreted as demonstrating that children younger than 4 already have a grasp of the possibility of false belief, and consequently deserve to be credited with some authentic if fledgling theory of mind. These studies, which relied on a measure of deceptive hiding rather than more familiar “unexpected change” procedures for indexing false belief understanding, all demonstrated that even the youngest of these subjects: (a) accurately anticipated the likely impact of their deceptive strategies on both the behaviors (Study 1) and beliefs (Study 3) of their opponents, and (b) were able to selectively employ these same methods of information management as a means of helping as well as hindering the efforts of others (Study 2).
Subject headings: False belief; Fledgling theory of mind; Children; Deception
Publication year: 1991
Journal or book title: Child Development
Volume: 62
Issue: 1
Pages: 83-97
Find the full text: https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1991.tb01516.x
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Type: Journal Article
Serial number: 648