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Peer reviewedSaltmarsh, Rebecca; Mitchell, Peter – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Investigated what makes young children acknowledge a false belief held by another person. Showed movies in which a stereotypical item in a familiar box was replaced by one character with an atypical item. Found highly significant improvement in preschoolers' acknowledgment of second character's false belief when preschoolers saw stereotypical…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Development, Credibility, Deception
