33-month-old children succeed in a false belief task with reduced processing demands: A replication of Setoh et al. (2016)

Grosso, Stella S.; Schuwerk, Tobias ; Kaltefleiter, Larissa J. und Sodian, Beate (Februar 2019): 33-month-old children succeed in a false belief task with reduced processing demands: A replication of Setoh et al. (2016). In: Infant Behavior & Development, Bd. 54: S. 151-155

Abstract

A recent low-inhibition false belief task showed a high success rate with 33-month-old children when response-generation demands were reduced [Setoh, Scott, & Baillargeon (2016). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(47), 13360-13365]. We found correct responding in 74% of N = 58 33-month-old children, replicating the original findings. Within the same sample, we compared this performance with performance in a concurrent measure of false belief understanding which has previously produced competence in children below the age of 3 years [Hughes & Ensor (2007). Developmental Psychology, 43(6), 1447-1459]. Contrasting sharply with findings from the low-inhibition false belief task, we found partial competence in 15%, and full competence in only 5% of the same sample. These results show that the paradigm by Setoh and colleagues generates reliable findings in a different lab and a different language. We discuss this pattern of results in relation to theoretical considerations of early false belief understanding.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Psychologie und Pädagogik > Department Psychologie
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
• ISSN: 0163-6383
• Sprache: Englisch