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

question 102

Multiple Choice

If the false-belief task is modified to involve real-world situations,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 conservation-type 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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