Forgetting common ground: Six- to seven-year-olds have an overinterpretive theory of mind

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1417-1432

  Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen ^a   Sayfan, Liat ^a   Blattman, Amanda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common ground; Executive function; Inhibitory control; Interpretation; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECALL; THEORY OF MIND; VISION;

AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GESTALT THEORY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL CLOSURE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 78649302469     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021062     Document Type: Article

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