Mitchell, P. and Teucher, U. and Bennett, M. and Ziegler, Fenja and Wyton, R. (2009) Do children start out thinking they don't know their own minds? Mind and Language, 24 (3). pp. 328-346. ISSN 0268-1064
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Abstract
Are incorrect judgments on false belief tasks better explained within the framework of a conceptual change theory or a bias theory? Conceptual change theory posits a change in the form of reasoning from 3 to 4 years old while bias theory posits that processing factors are responsible for errors among younger children. The results from three experiments showed that children who failed a test of false belief took as long to respond as those who passed, and both groups of children took longer to respond to belief questions than to questions about prior states of reality. These results seem to support the bias theory.
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| Additional Information: | Are incorrect judgments on false belief tasks better explained within the framework of a conceptual change theory or a bias theory? Conceptual change theory posits a change in the form of reasoning from 3 to 4 years old while bias theory posits that processing factors are responsible for errors among younger children. The results from three experiments showed that children who failed a test of false belief took as long to respond as those who passed, and both groups of children took longer to respond to belief questions than to questions about prior states of reality. These results seem to support the bias theory. |
| Keywords: | false-belief, knowledge, self, language, ref04, refdoi |
| Subjects: | C Biological Sciences > C800 Psychology C Biological Sciences > C820 Developmental Psychology |
| Divisions: | College of Social Sciences > Faculty of Health & Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Alison Wilson |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2010 16:51 |
| Last Modified: | 17 May 2013 14:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/3466 |
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