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Children's Early Use of Mental Verbs and What They Mean.
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Wellman, Henry M.; Estes, David – Discourse Processes, 1987
Examines whether young children make explicit references to beliefs, ideas, thoughts, and intentions. Relates that three-year-old children correctly distinguish between real and mental items and that they think and dream about things that are not real. Concludes that conceptual development theories portraying early development as concrete and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures