Theory of Mind May Be Contagious, but You Don't Catch It From Your Twin

Autor/inn/en	Cassidy, Kimberly Wright; Fineberg, Deborah Shaw; Brown, Kimberly; Perkins, Alexis
Titel	Theory of Mind May Be Contagious, but You Don't Catch It From Your Twin
Quelle	In: Child Development, 76 (2005) 1, S.97-106 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00832.x
Schlagwörter	Twins; Cognitive Development; Siblings; Comparative Analysis; Child Development; Beliefs; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Twin; Zwilling; Kognitive Entwicklung; Sibling; Geschwister; Kindesentwicklung; Belief; Glaube; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	The theory-of-mind abilities of twins, children with nontwin siblings, and only children were compared to investigate further the link between number and type of siblings and theory-of-mind abilities. Three- to 5-year-old children with nontwin siblings outperformed both only children and twins with no other siblings, twins who also had other siblings outperformed twins who did not, and children with at least 1 opposite-sex sibling outperformed children with only same-sex siblings. Twins performed significantly better when asked about the false beliefs of their twins than they did when asked about the false beliefs of their friends. Results are discussed in terms of potential mechanisms that may account for the twin and sibling effects. (Author).
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