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Developmental Progression of Mental State Understandings in Infancy
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Siu, Tik-Sze Carrey; Cheung, Him – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
This study establishes a sequence of developing mental state understandings in infants. We used three violation-of-expectation paradigms to assess fifty-seven 16-month-olds' ability to (a) infer an actress's intention from her prior repeated approaches to an object, (b) recognize her emotion by watching her facial-emotional display, and (c) deduce…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Development, Beliefs, Intention
A Developmental Study on Children's Capacity to Ascribe Goals and Intentions to Others
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Bello, Arianna; Sparaci, Laura; Stefanini, Silvia; Boria, Sonia; Volterra, Virginia; Rizzolatti, Giacomo – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The capacity to ascribe goals and intentions to others is a fundamental step in child cognitive development. The aim of the present study was to assess the age at which these capabilities are acquired in typically developing children. Two experiments were carried out. In the first experiment, 4 groups of children (age range = 3 years 2 months-7…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Objectives
Moral Judgment and Its Relation to Second-Order Theory of Mind
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Fu, Genyue; Xiao, Wen S.; Killen, Melanie; Lee, Kang – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Recent research indicates that moral judgment and 1st-order theory of mind abilities are related. What is not known, however, is how 2nd-order theory of mind is related to moral judgment. In the present study, we extended previous findings by administering a morally relevant theory of mind task (an accidental transgressor) to 4- to 7-year-old…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Moral Values, Theory of Mind, Children
Early Social Cognition in Three Cultural Contexts
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Callaghan, Tara; Moll, Henrike; Rakoczy, Hannes; Warneken, Felix; Liszkowski, Ulf; Behne, Tanya; Tomasello, Michael – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2011
The influence of culture on cognitive development is well established for school age and older children. But almost nothing is known about how different parenting and socialization practices in different cultures affect infants' and young children's earliest emerging cognitive and social-cognitive skills. In the current monograph, we report a…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Cognitive Development, Infants, Young Children
Fledgling Theories of Mind: Deception as a Marker of Three-Year-Olds' Understanding of False Belief.
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Hala, Suzanne; And Others – Child Development, 1991
To determine whether children younger than four have an authentic theory of mind, studies relying on deceptive hiding measures for indexing false belief were carried out. Children accurately anticipated the impact of deceptive strategies on the behavior and belief of opponents and used information management to help and hinder others' efforts. (BC)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Beliefs, Cognitive Development, Deception
Are Anti-Smoking Parenting Practices Related to Adolescent Smoking Cognitions and Behavior?
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Huver, Rose M. E.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; de Vries, Hein – Health Education Research, 2006
The aim of this study was to explain the effects of anti-smoking parenting practices on adolescent smoking cognitions and behavior by showing the mediating effects of cognitions. Data were gathered among Dutch high school students in the control condition of the European Smoking prevention Framework Approach (ESFA). Anti-smoking parenting…
Descriptors: Smoking, Self Efficacy, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing