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ERIC Number: EJ569120
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Three- and Four-Year-Old Children's Ability to Use Desire- and Belief-Based Reasoning.
Cassidy, Kimberly Wright
Cognition, v66 n1 pB1-B11 Apr 1998
This study investigated the relationship of 3-year olds' reliance on desire when predicting behavior and their performance on false-belief tasks. Results suggested that young children may use the desires of the agent, rather than their own desires, to predict behavior in standard false-belief paradigms. Older preschoolers also have difficulty coordinating belief and desire when processing demands are increased. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beliefs, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Information Processing, Performance Factors, Preschool Children, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Desire; False Beliefs; Theory of Mind