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A longitudinal, microgenetic study of the emergence of false belief understanding and inhibition skills

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Flynn, Emma, O'Malley, Claire, Wood, David·2004·Developmental Science

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Two theories that attempt to explain the relationship between false belief understanding and inhibition skills were investigated: (1) theory of mind development improves self‐control, and (2) executive control is necessary for developing a theory of mind. A microgenetic approach was adopted, with a group of 21 children completing a battery of inhibition and false belief understanding tasks every four weeks for six phases of testing. The results showed that the majority of children were able to perform well on a test of executive inhibition before having a good understanding of false beliefs, thus supporting theory (2). The results also illustrated that while the children's inhibition skills developed relatively gradually, their understanding of false beliefs progressed from a consistent lack of understanding through a period of unstable performance, during which some children failed tests that they had previously passed.

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Authors
Flynn, E., O'Malley, C., & Wood, D.
Venue
Developmental Science
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2004-01-16
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
103-115
ISSN
  • 1363-755X (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-7687
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W2028882578
Cited by
222
References
3
FWCI
32.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Flynn, E., O'Malley, C., & Wood, D. (2004). A longitudinal, microgenetic study of the emergence of false belief understanding and inhibition skills. Developmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00326.x

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