Executive Function and the Development of Belief-Desire Psychology

Autor/in	Rakoczy, Hannes
Titel	Executive Function and the Development of Belief-Desire Psychology
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 13 (2010) 4, S.648-661 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00922.x
Schlagwörter	Short Term Memory; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Processes; Young Children; Correlation; Beliefs; Vocabulary; Age Differences; Developmental Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Kognitive Entwicklung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Frühe Kindheit; Korrelation; Belief; Glaube; Wortschatz; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Entwicklungspsychologie
Abstract	In two studies children's performance on tasks requiring the ascription of beliefs and desires was investigated in relation to their executive function. Study 1 (n = 80) showed that 3- and 4-year-olds were more proficient at ascribing subjective, mutually incompatible desires and desire-dependent emotions to two persons than they were at ascribing analogous subjective false beliefs. Replicating previous findings, executive function was correlated with false-belief ascription. However, executive function was also correlated with performance on tasks requiring subjective desire understanding. Study 2 (n = 54) replicated these results, and showed that the correlations hold even if age, vocabulary and working memory are controlled for. The results are discussed with regard to the role of executive function and conceptual change in theory of mind development. (As Provided).
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