Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers.
The present study investigates theory of mind (ToM) development in bilingual children. Fifteen 3-year-old and seventeen 5-year-old Singaporean bilingual children were recruited from a local childcare centre. Participants’ conversations with peers were observed and transcribed for references to ment...
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| author | Ho, SiRong. |
| author2 | Qu Li |
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| description | The present study investigates theory of mind (ToM) development in bilingual children. Fifteen 3-year-old and seventeen 5-year-old Singaporean bilingual children were recruited from a local childcare centre. Participants’ conversations with peers were observed and transcribed for
references to mental states. Specifically, the hypotheses were (a) the use of mental-states utterances, and (b) reference to mental states of self and others would increase from 3 to 5 years
old. Results revealed that 5-year-olds use mental-states utterances more frequently than 3-yearolds. There was also an increase in reference to children’s own mental states from 3 to 5 years old, suggesting a deeper mental-states understanding. Findings were discussed in relation to children’s ToM development as a universal phenomenon. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/398052019-12-10T11:13:47Z Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers. Ho, SiRong. Qu Li School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology The present study investigates theory of mind (ToM) development in bilingual children. Fifteen 3-year-old and seventeen 5-year-old Singaporean bilingual children were recruited from a local childcare centre. Participants’ conversations with peers were observed and transcribed for references to mental states. Specifically, the hypotheses were (a) the use of mental-states utterances, and (b) reference to mental states of self and others would increase from 3 to 5 years old. Results revealed that 5-year-olds use mental-states utterances more frequently than 3-yearolds. There was also an increase in reference to children’s own mental states from 3 to 5 years old, suggesting a deeper mental-states understanding. Findings were discussed in relation to children’s ToM development as a universal phenomenon. Bachelor of Arts 2010-06-04T05:52:23Z 2010-06-04T05:52:23Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39805 en Nanyang Technological University 30 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology Ho, SiRong. Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers. |
| title | Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers. |
| title_full | Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers. |
| title_fullStr | Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers. |
| title_short | Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers. |
| title_sort | do you know what i m thinking about examining children s mental states understanding in conversations with peers |
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