Scaling of Theory-of-Mind Tasks.

• Autores: Henry M. Wellman, David Liu
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 75, Nº. 2, 2004, págs. 523-541
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Two studies address the sequence of understandings evident in preschoolers' developing theory of mind. The first, preliminary study provides a meta-analysis of research comparing different types of mental state understandings (e.g., desires vs. beliefs, ignorance vs. false belief). The second, primary study tests a theory-of-mind scale for preschoolers. In this study 75 children (aged 2 years, 11 months to 6 years, 6 months) were tested on 7 tasks tapping different aspects of understanding persons' mental states. Responses formed a consistent developmental progression, where for most children if they passed a later item they passed all earlier items as well, as confirmed by Guttman and Rasch measurement model analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]