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Peer reviewedWellman, Henry M.; Hickling, Anne K. – Child Development, 1994
Presents the results of three studies examining children's conception of the mind itself as an independent, active entity. Findings revealed a developing ability in children to interpret and produce statements personifying the mind and provided considerable evidence of children's movement toward a conception of the mind as an active agent…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
