Four-Year-Old Ashton and Three-Year-Old William Are Each Given a False

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Four-year-old Ashton and three-year-old William are each given a false belief task.They have accurate information about where a toy is (they know it is in a toy box) ,but a girl in a story does not (she thinks the toy is under a bed) .Chances are that if they are both asked where the girl in the story will look for the toy

• A)they will both say the girl will look in the toy box.
• B)they will both say the girl will look under the bed.
• C)Ashton will say the girl will look in the toy box,but William will say she will look under the bed.
• D)Ashton will say the girl will look under the bed,but William will say she will look in the toy box.

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