Research on the Principle of False Belief Indicates That It

question 124

Multiple Choice

Research on the principle of false belief indicates that it

• A) develops between three and five years of age in a wide variety of cultures.
• B) is replaced by more sophisticated "true belief" types of thinking after the age of four or five.
• C) does not develop until adolescence in most cultures.
• D) is more likely to develop in children who have had insecure attachments.
• E) develops more rapidly in boys who are only children.

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