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ERIC Number: EJ534616
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Guise and Guile: Children's Understanding of Narratives in which the Purpose of Pretense Is Deception.
Peskin, Joan
Child Development, v67 n4 p1735-51 Aug 1996
Examined three- to five-year-old children's understanding of pretense and deception in folktales in which a villain deceived his victim by pretending to be someone else. Found that the three-year-olds were able to follow the pretense but were not able to grasp the false belief integral to the deception. (MOK)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Deception, Narration, Play, Preschool Children, Pretend Play, Social Environment, Tales
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: False Beliefs