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"I know you don't know I know…" children use second-order false-belief reasoning for peer coordination.

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Grueneisen, S; Wyman, E; Tomasello, M
Published in: Child development
January 2015

Numerous studies have investigated children's abilities to attribute mental states, but few have examined their ability to recruit these abilities in social interactions. Here, 6-year-olds (N = 104) were tested on whether they can use first- and second-order false-belief understanding to coordinate with peers. Children adjusted their decisions in a coordination game in response to either their partner's erroneous belief or their partner's erroneous belief about their own belief-a result that contrasts with previous findings on the use of higher order "theory of mind" (TOM) reasoning at this age. Six-year-olds are thus able to use their higher order TOM capacities for peer coordination, which marks an important achievement in becoming competent social collaborators.

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Child development

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EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

January 2015

Volume

86

Issue

1

Start / End Page

287 / 293

Related Subject Headings

  • Theory of Mind
  • Peer Group
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child Development
  • Child
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
 

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Grueneisen, S., Wyman, E., & Tomasello, M. (2015). "I know you don't know I know…" children use second-order false-belief reasoning for peer coordination. Child Development, 86(1), 287–293. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12264
Grueneisen, Sebastian, Emily Wyman, and Michael Tomasello. “"I know you don't know I know…" children use second-order false-belief reasoning for peer coordination.Child Development 86, no. 1 (January 2015): 287–93. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12264.
Grueneisen S, Wyman E, Tomasello M. "I know you don't know I know…" children use second-order false-belief reasoning for peer coordination. Child development. 2015 Jan;86(1):287–93.
Grueneisen, Sebastian, et al. “"I know you don't know I know…" children use second-order false-belief reasoning for peer coordination.Child Development, vol. 86, no. 1, Jan. 2015, pp. 287–93. Epmc, doi:10.1111/cdev.12264.
Grueneisen S, Wyman E, Tomasello M. "I know you don't know I know…" children use second-order false-belief reasoning for peer coordination. Child development. 2015 Jan;86(1):287–293.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child development

DOI

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

January 2015

Volume

86

Issue

1

Start / End Page

287 / 293

Related Subject Headings

  • Theory of Mind
  • Peer Group
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child Development
  • Child
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology