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ERIC Number: EJ572344
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Children's Mental Representation of Referential Relations.
Apperly, I. A.; Robinson, E. J.
Cognition, v67 n3 p287-309 Jul 1998
In two experiments, 4- to 6-year-olds made judgments about the knowledge of a protagonist who had only partial information about an object they had full knowledge of. Found surprising discrepancy in performance in the two tasks, which appear superficially to require handling of same properties of the representational mind, indicating that current theories involving standard theory-of-mind tasks are inadequate. (EV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Knowledge Level, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mental Representation; Theory of Mind