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Direct linkPeterson, Candida C.; Slaughter, Virginia; Peterson, James; Premack, David – Developmental Science, 2013
Theory of mind (ToM) development, assessed via "litmus" false belief tests, is severely delayed in autism, but the standard testing procedure may underestimate these children's genuine understanding. To explore this, we developed a novel test involving competition to win a reward as the motive for tracking other players' beliefs (the…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Beliefs
Slaughter, Virginia; Peterson, Candida C.; Moore, Chris – Developmental Psychology, 2013
We investigated links between persuasive behavior and theory of mind (ToM) understanding using a novel naturalistic peer persuasion task in which children were invited to convince an interactive puppet to eat raw broccoli or brush his teeth. Sixty-three 3- to 8-year-olds (M age = 6 years, 6 months) took part in the persuasion task and were also…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Persuasive Discourse, Theory of Mind, Young Children
