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A longitudinal, microgenetic study of the emergence of false belief understanding and inhibition skills
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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
- OpenAlex
- W2028882578
- Cited by
- 222
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 32.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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