Chapter 03 of 5
Reading Other Minds
When children realise other people can believe different things.
- The Skill
Theory of mind
Understanding that other people have their own thoughts, beliefs and desires — which can differ from yours — is called theory of mind.
- The Test
Sally and Anne
In a classic test, children watch Sally put a marble in a basket and leave. While she's away, Anne moves it to a box.
- The Question
Where will Sally look?
Children are asked: when Sally comes back, where will she look for her marble?
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Could you answer this?
In the Sally-Anne test, where do most four-year-olds say Sally will look for her marble?
👶 The Developing Mind
- 01Out of Sight, Out of Mind?Piaget's stages — and how much more babies know than he thought.
- 02The Need to Be HeldAttachment — from Harlow's monkeys to how children feel secure.
- 03Reading Other MindsWhen children realise other people can believe different things.
- 04The Language ExplosionHow children go from babbling to thousands of words.
- 05The Teenage BrainWhy adolescence is a brain rebuild, not a malfunction.