A Cooperation Advantage for Theory of Mind in Children and Adults

Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 19 - 40
Published: Feb 1, 2021
Abstract
Three studies test whether people engage in mental state reasoning or theory of mind (ToM) differently across two fundamental social contexts: cooperation and competition. Study 1 examines how children with an emerging understanding of false beliefs deploy ToM across these contexts. We find that young preschool children are better able to plant false beliefs in others' minds in a cooperative versus competitive context; this difference does not...
Paper Details
Title
A Cooperation Advantage for Theory of Mind in Children and Adults
Published Date
Feb 1, 2021
Volume
39
Issue
1
Pages
19 - 40
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