If the False-Belief Task Is Modified to Involve Real-World Situations

question 151

Multiple Choice

If the false-belief task is modified to involve real-world situations, some children younger than four years old can pass this task. This finding suggests that

• A) children may have an adequate understanding of others' knowledge at younger ages, but their failure may have been related to aspects of the original false-belief task itself.
• B) while children may be able to pass a modified task, they have not yet developed theory of mind.
• C) children can only demonstrate awareness of others' knowledge when tasks involve tangible problems but not abstract reasoning.
• D) the false-belief task may not be a good indicator of theory of mind as research studies have failed to replicate these effects with other theory of mind tests.

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