@article{ART001296430},
author={Jaisun Koo and Ghim, Hei-rhee},
title={Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations},
journal={THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY},
issn={1229-0718},
year={2008},
volume={21},
number={4},
pages={1-16}
TY - JOUR
AU - Jaisun Koo
AU - Ghim, Hei-rhee
TI - Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations
JO - THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
PY - 2008
VL - 21
IS - 4
PB - The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
SP - 1
EP - 16
SN - 1229-0718
AB - This study examines the developmental change of children's ability to use trait informations for making inferences about behaviors and mental states. A total of 181 kindergarteners, second-graders, and fourth-graders participated in this study. Children were presented two behavioral informations of a story character from which a personality trait could be inferred. Their tasks were to predict and infer the story character's behavior and mental states such as belief, desire, intention, and emotional response. The results indicate that preschoolers have ability to predict behaviors by using the trait informations. However, they could not use the trait informations as a basis for making mental inference. These results suggest that children change from the viewing traits as behavioral regularities to understanding them as causal mediators to produce mental states such as desire, belief, and feeling.
KW - theory of mind;trait understanding;mind-reading;mental inference
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Jaisun Koo and Ghim, Hei-rhee. (2008). Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 21(4), 1-16.
Jaisun Koo and Ghim, Hei-rhee. 2008, "Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations", THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol.21, no.4 pp.1-16.
Jaisun Koo, Ghim, Hei-rhee "Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 21.4 pp.1-16 (2008) : 1.
Jaisun Koo, Ghim, Hei-rhee. Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations. 2008; 21(4), 1-16.
Jaisun Koo and Ghim, Hei-rhee. "Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 21, no.4 (2008) : 1-16.
Jaisun Koo; Ghim, Hei-rhee. Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 21(4), 1-16.
Jaisun Koo; Ghim, Hei-rhee. Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2008; 21(4) 1-16.
Jaisun Koo, Ghim, Hei-rhee. Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations. 2008; 21(4), 1-16.
Jaisun Koo and Ghim, Hei-rhee. "Children's behavioral and mental inference by using the trait informations" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 21, no.4 (2008) : 1-16.
