Culture and the Sequence of Steps in Theory of Mind Development

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1239-1247

  Shahaeian, Ameneh ^a   Peterson, Candida C ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^a   Wellman, Henry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Parenting; Preschoolers; Siblings; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIBLING; THEORY OF MIND;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SIBLINGS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 80052824007     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023899     Document Type: Article

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