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Fabricius, William V.; Boyer, Ty W.; Weimer, Amy A.; Carroll, Kathleen – Developmental Psychology, 2010
In 3 studies (N = 188) we tested the hypothesis that children use a perceptual access approach to reason about mental states before they understand beliefs. The perceptual access hypothesis predicts a U-shaped developmental pattern of performance in true belief tasks, in which 3-year-olds who reason about reality should succeed, 4- to 5-year-olds…
Descriptors: Perception, Perceptual Development, Young Children, Cognitive Ability
Kraus, Marcy L. – 1984
The effects of age, task, and egocentric responding on visual-spatial perspective taking were studied among 41 preschool children between 3.0 and 5.9 years of age. Children were individually administered three perspective-taking measures: the upside-down/right-side-up task, a block task, and a picture box task, all previously described in the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Egocentrism