ch 15 reading

Question 1

who studied the false belief task in 1983?

Answer 1

Wimmer and Perner

Question 2

what did the false belief task entail?

Answer 2

Maxi put some chocolate in a blue cupboard then left the room and children saw his mother transfer the chocolate to a green cupboard. The children were asked to predict where they thought maxi would look for the chocolate when he came back

Question 3

when the child was asked to say where Maxi would look for the chocolate where would the 4y/os predict?

Answer 3

usually said the green cupboard. This is surprising as maxi wouldn’t know it had been moved.

Question 4

what does the false belief task tell us about childrens beliefs about the world?

Answer 4

they do not understand that he will act on the basis of his beliefs and not on the basis of the actual world – important result as it indicated that young childrens reasoning about other ppls beh may differ from the assumptions that adults make about others beh

Question 5

from the age of 2 children use certain words - what do these refer to and what are some of these words?

Answer 5

internal states of perception or emotion – ‘want’, ‘see’, ‘look’, ‘taste’

Question 6

by age of 3 what do these refer to?

Answer 6

cog terms – ‘ know’, ‘think’, remember’

Question 7

when do children usually have an understanding of false belief?

Answer 7

from about 4y/o – children can interpret and predict the beh of the ppl around them w/ a fair degree of accuracy

Question 8

what has an effect on theory of the mind dev?

Answer 8

A childs interaction with other members of their family
Family size
Siblings
Lang ability