@article{ART001802533},
author={Chung, Jinna},
title={A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States},
journal={THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY},
issn={1229-0718},
year={2013},
volume={26},
number={3},
pages={97-115}
TY - JOUR
AU - Chung, Jinna
TI - A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States
JO - THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
PY - 2013
VL - 26
IS - 3
PB - The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
SP - 97
EP - 115
SN - 1229-0718
AB - The current study investigated to what extent a developmental lag exists between children's understanding of first-order and second-order beliefs. Children aged 4-5 years (N=72) were divided into four age-subgroups and received 2 first- and 2 second-order false belief tasks. First- and second-order tasks were designed to have a similar story structure and length, while minimizing differences in complexity between the two tasks. In addition to analyzing mean level of success, the study provided information about individual patterns of performance through within-child comparisons. The main findings were that first-order success did precede second-order success and that this sequence of mastery was invariant across all participants. It also appeared that the time lag between the two success was approximately 1 year; first-order success emerged after 4.5 years of age while second-order success emerged after 5.5 years of age. These findings provide evidence for the predicted developmental lag between first- and second-order theory-of-mind.
KW - theory of mind;developmental lag;second-order belief;false belief task
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Chung, Jinna. (2013). A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 26(3), 97-115.
Chung, Jinna. 2013, "A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States", THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, vol.26, no.3 pp.97-115.
Chung, Jinna "A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 26.3 pp.97-115 (2013) : 97.
Chung, Jinna. A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States. 2013; 26(3), 97-115.
Chung, Jinna. "A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 26, no.3 (2013) : 97-115.
Chung, Jinna. A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 26(3), 97-115.
Chung, Jinna. A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2013; 26(3) 97-115.
Chung, Jinna. A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States. 2013; 26(3), 97-115.
Chung, Jinna. "A Developmental Lag between Children's Understanding of First-Order and Second-Order Mental States" THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 26, no.3 (2013) : 97-115.
