Theory of mind and preschoolers' understanding of implicit causality in verbs: A comparison between Serbian and Hungarian children
This study aims to investigate the effect of theory of mind, age and mother tongue on the implicit causality effect in preschoolers from two different language backgrounds. Serbian and Hungarian native speakers aged 3–7 years participated in the study. After taking part in a Theory of Mind task, chi...
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Drustvo Psihologa Srbije
2010-06-01
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| description | This study aims to investigate the effect of theory of mind, age and mother tongue on the implicit causality effect in preschoolers from two different language backgrounds. Serbian and Hungarian native speakers aged 3–7 years participated in the study. After taking part in a Theory of Mind task, children were presented verbs in simple „Subject verb Object” sentences describing interactions between two participants, with the interactions being based on emotional, mental or visual experiences. Children were asked “Why does S verb O?” and their responses were categorized as containing an inference about the sentence-S or the sentence-O. The results show that Theory of Mind is a significant factor in the emergence of implicit causality, with age of participants and mother tongue being also contributing to explaining patterns of implicit causality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11ec42d866bd48cd98464f491be48aa02022-12-22T03:49:01ZengDrustvo Psihologa SrbijePsihologija0048-57052010-06-01432187198Theory of mind and preschoolers' understanding of implicit causality in verbs: A comparison between Serbian and Hungarian childrenAgota MajorFabia FrancoMarija ZotovićThis study aims to investigate the effect of theory of mind, age and mother tongue on the implicit causality effect in preschoolers from two different language backgrounds. Serbian and Hungarian native speakers aged 3–7 years participated in the study. After taking part in a Theory of Mind task, children were presented verbs in simple „Subject verb Object” sentences describing interactions between two participants, with the interactions being based on emotional, mental or visual experiences. Children were asked “Why does S verb O?” and their responses were categorized as containing an inference about the sentence-S or the sentence-O. The results show that Theory of Mind is a significant factor in the emergence of implicit causality, with age of participants and mother tongue being also contributing to explaining patterns of implicit causality.http://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2010/0048-57051002187M.pdfTheory of mindimplicit causalityagenative language |
| spellingShingle | Agota Major Fabia Franco Marija Zotović Theory of mind and preschoolers' understanding of implicit causality in verbs: A comparison between Serbian and Hungarian children Psihologija Theory of mind implicit causality age native language |
| title | Theory of mind and preschoolers' understanding of implicit causality in verbs: A comparison between Serbian and Hungarian children |
| title_full | Theory of mind and preschoolers' understanding of implicit causality in verbs: A comparison between Serbian and Hungarian children |
| title_fullStr | Theory of mind and preschoolers' understanding of implicit causality in verbs: A comparison between Serbian and Hungarian children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theory of mind and preschoolers' understanding of implicit causality in verbs: A comparison between Serbian and Hungarian children |
| title_short | Theory of mind and preschoolers' understanding of implicit causality in verbs: A comparison between Serbian and Hungarian children |
| title_sort | theory of mind and preschoolers understanding of implicit causality in verbs a comparison between serbian and hungarian children |
| topic | Theory of mind implicit causality age native language |
| url | http://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2010/0048-57051002187M.pdf |
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