Executive functioning and preschoolers' understanding of false beliefs, false photographs, and false signs |
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Authors: | Sabbagh Mark A Moses Louis J Shiverick Sean |
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Institution: | Queen's University at Kingston; University of Oregon; University of Wisconsin at Madison |
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Abstract: | Two studies were conducted to investigate the specificity of the relationship between preschoolers' emerging executive functioning skills and false belief understanding. Study 1 ( N =44) showed that 3- to 5-year-olds' performance on an executive functioning task that required selective suppression of actions predicted performance on false belief tasks, but not on false photograph tasks. Study 2 ( N =54) replicated the finding from Study 1 and showed that performance on the executive functioning task also predicted 3- to 5-year-olds' performance on false sign tasks. These findings show that executive functioning is required to reason only about representations that are intended to reflect a true state of affairs. Results are discussed with respect to theories of preschoolers' theory-of-mind development. |
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