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