Children do not follow the rule "ignorance means getting it wrong"

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-121

  Friedman, Ori ^a   Petrashek, Adam R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belief desire reasoning; Children; Cognitive development; False belief; Ignorance; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649085048     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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