In the False-Beliefs Task, Children Observe Big Bird Leave a Toy

question 3

Multiple Choice

In the false-beliefs task, children observe Big Bird leave a toy in one location and Cookie Monster move the toy to a different location while Big Bird is somewhere else. When asked where Big Bird will think the toy is located, children with a fully developed theory of mind are likely to say that _____.

• A) Big Bird will think the toy is in the new location
• B) Big Bird will think the toy is where he left it
• C) Big Bird will know Cookie Monster moved his toy to a different location
• D) they do not know where Big Bird will think his toy is now

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