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O'Reilly, Karin; Peterson, Candida C.; Wellman, Henry M. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Two studies addressed key theoretical debates in theory of mind (ToM) development by comparing (a) deaf native signers (n = 18), (b) deaf late signers (n = 59), and (c) age-matched hearing persons (n = 74) in childhood (Study 1: n = 81) and adulthood (Study 2: n = 70) on tests of first- and second-order false belief and conversational sarcasm.…
Descriptors: Deafness, Negative Attitudes, Theory of Mind, Sign Language
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Peterson, Candida C.; Wellman, Henry M.; Slaughter, Virginia – Child Development, 2012
Children aged 3-2 years (n = 184) with typical development, deafness, autism, or Asperger syndrome took a series of theory-of-mind (ToM) tasks to confirm and extend previous developmental scaling evidence. A new sarcasm task, in the format of H. M. Wellman and D. Liu's (2004) 5-step ToM Scale, added a statistically reliable 6th step to the scale…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Negative Attitudes, Autism, Asperger Syndrome