Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children

The ability to attribute different mental states to distinct individuals, or Theory of Mind (ToM), is widely believed to be developed mostly during preschool years. How different factors such as gender, number of siblings or coarse personality traits affect this development is not entirely agreed up...

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spelling paper:paper_16625161_v_nMAY_p_Calero2023-06-08T16:25:53Z Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children Development Gender differences Mental states Scaling Theory of mind age distribution article birth order child female human male mental health personality prediction preschool child quantitative analysis rating scale school child sex difference sibling task performance theory of mind validity The ability to attribute different mental states to distinct individuals, or Theory of Mind (ToM), is widely believed to be developed mostly during preschool years. How different factors such as gender, number of siblings or coarse personality traits affect this development is not entirely agreed upon. Here, we introduce a computerized version of the scaled ToM suite of tasks introduced by Wellman and Liu (2004), which allows us to meaningfully test ToM development on children 6 to 8 years old. We find that kids this age are still not entirely proficient in all ToM tasks, and continue to show a progression of performance with age. By testing this new age range, too, we are able to observe a significant advantage of girls over boys in ToM performance. Other factors such as number of siblings, birth order, and coarse personality traits show no significant relation with the ToM task results. Finally, we introduce a novel way to quantify the scaling property of the suite involving a sequence of set inclusions on one hand and a comparison between specially tailored sets of logistic models on the other. These measures confirm the validity of the scale in the 6- to 8- years old range. 2013 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_16625161_v_nMAY_p_Calero http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_16625161_v_nMAY_p_Calero
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topic Development
Gender differences
Mental states
Scaling
Theory of mind
age distribution
article
birth order
child
female
human
male
mental health
personality
prediction
preschool child
quantitative analysis
rating scale
school child
sex difference
sibling
task performance
theory of mind
validity
spellingShingle Development
Gender differences
Mental states
Scaling
Theory of mind
age distribution
article
birth order
child
female
human
male
mental health
personality
prediction
preschool child
quantitative analysis
rating scale
school child
sex difference
sibling
task performance
theory of mind
validity
Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children
topic_facet Development
Gender differences
Mental states
Scaling
Theory of mind
age distribution
article
birth order
child
female
human
male
mental health
personality
prediction
preschool child
quantitative analysis
rating scale
school child
sex difference
sibling
task performance
theory of mind
validity
description The ability to attribute different mental states to distinct individuals, or Theory of Mind (ToM), is widely believed to be developed mostly during preschool years. How different factors such as gender, number of siblings or coarse personality traits affect this development is not entirely agreed upon. Here, we introduce a computerized version of the scaled ToM suite of tasks introduced by Wellman and Liu (2004), which allows us to meaningfully test ToM development on children 6 to 8 years old. We find that kids this age are still not entirely proficient in all ToM tasks, and continue to show a progression of performance with age. By testing this new age range, too, we are able to observe a significant advantage of girls over boys in ToM performance. Other factors such as number of siblings, birth order, and coarse personality traits show no significant relation with the ToM task results. Finally, we introduce a novel way to quantify the scaling property of the suite involving a sequence of set inclusions on one hand and a comparison between specially tailored sets of logistic models on the other. These measures confirm the validity of the scale in the 6- to 8- years old range.
title Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children
title_short Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children
title_full Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children
title_fullStr Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children
title_full_unstemmed Age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children
title_sort age and gender dependent development of theory of mind in 6- to 8-years old children
publishDate 2013
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_16625161_v_nMAY_p_Calero
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_16625161_v_nMAY_p_Calero
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