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Riggs, Kevin J.; Simpson, Andrew – Developmental Science, 2005
Using the format of a false belief task (Wimmer & Perner, 1983), we investigated the ability of 88 3- and 4-year-olds to ascribe a previously held true belief to a story protagonist. In an unexpected transfer task, children found true belief ascription as difficult as false belief ascription even though they could answer memory questions about…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Young Children, Beliefs, Child Development