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EJ570732 PS528183
Title: Preschoolers' Use of Desires to Solve Theory of Mind Problems in a Pretense Context.Author(s): Cassidy, Kimberly Wright
Source: Developmental Psychology, v34 n3 p503-11 May 1998
Publication Date: 1998
ISSN: 0012-1649
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1999
Three studies
examined preschoolers' use of desires to solve theory of mind problems.
Findings indicated that even young children could correctly attribute
a false belief to an agent when that belief was about the status
of a pretense. Subjects found it easier to attribute a false belief
when the desires of the agent were eliminated. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Beliefs; *Cognitive Development; *Preschool Children;
Preschool Education; Pretend Play; *Problem Solving; Realism; Theories
Identifiers: *Desire; Theory of Mind
