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The Mind's "I": Children's Conception of the Mind as an Active Agent.
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Wellman, Henry M.; Hickling, Anne K. – Child Development, 1994
Presents the results of three studies examining children's conception of the mind itself as an independent, active entity. Findings revealed a developing ability in children to interpret and produce statements personifying the mind and provided considerable evidence of children's movement toward a conception of the mind as an active agent…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Early Understanding of Mental Entities: A Reexamination of Childhood Realism.
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Wellman, Henry M.; Estes, David – Child Development, 1986
Describes three studies that examined how young children distinguish between the real, physical world and the mental world; between objects and thoughts; and between doing something and imagining it. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes