scholarly journals False-Belief Understanding and Language Ability Mediate the Relationship between Emotion Comprehension and Prosocial Orientation in Preschoolers

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Ornaghi ◽  
Alessandro Pepe ◽  
Ilaria Grazzani
Keyword(s):  
Language Ability ◽  
False Belief ◽  
False Belief Understanding ◽  
Prosocial Orientation ◽  
The Relationship

Do bilingual and monolingual preschoolers acquire false belief understanding similarly? The role of executive functioning and language

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Diaz ◽  
M. Jeffrey Farrar
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functioning ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
False Belief ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Short Term ◽  
False Belief Understanding

Bilingual children often show advanced executive functioning (EF) and false belief (FB) understanding compared to monolinguals. The latter has been attributed to their enhanced inhibitory control EF, although this has only been examined in a single study which did not confirm this hypothesis. The current study examined the relation of EF and language proficiency on FB reasoning in bilingual and monolingual preschoolers to answer two questions: (1) Are there differences in bilinguals’ and monolinguals’ FB, language proficiency, and EF? If so, (2) is there a differential role for language proficiency and EF in predicting FB reasoning in these two groups? Thirty-two Spanish–English bilinguals and 33 English monolinguals (three to five years old) were compared. While monolinguals outperformed bilinguals on language proficiency, after controlling for this, bilinguals outperformed monolinguals on FB reasoning, and marginally on EF. General language ability was related to FB performance in both groups, while short-term memory and inhibitory control predicted FB only for monolinguals.

scholarly journals Labelling Improves False Belief Understanding. A Training Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabet Serrat Sellabona ◽  
Carles Rostan Sánchez ◽  
Eduard Vallès Majoral ◽  
Moisès Esteban Guitart ◽  
Francesc Sidera Caballero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
False Belief ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Training Study ◽  
Linguistic Experience ◽  
Training Conditions ◽  
Remarkable Improvement ◽  
False Belief Understanding ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractA total of 104 children aged between 41 and 47 months were selected to study the relationship between language and false belief understanding. Participants were assigned to four different training conditions: discourse, labelling, control (all with deceptive objects), and sentential complements (involving non-deceptive objects). Post-test results showed an improvement in children’s false belief understanding in the discourse and the labelling conditions, but not in the sentential complements with non-deceptive objects or the control group. Furthermore, the most remarkable improvement in false belief understanding occurred in the labelling group. These results suggest that some types of linguistic experience promote the development of false belief understanding, provided that differing perspectives are confronted.

Little pranksters: Inhibitory control mediates the association between false belief understanding and practical joking in young children

2021 ◽  
pp. 016502542098859
Author(s):  
Zhenlin Wang ◽  
Lamei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Verbal Ability ◽  
False Belief ◽  
False Belief Understanding ◽  
The Relationship

To successfully pull a practical joke on someone, children need to understand that their victims do not know what they themselves know, be able to intentionally manipulate others’ beliefs, and maintain a straight face to safeguard the integrity of the joke. This study examined the relationship between children’s developing theory of mind (ToM), inhibitory control, and their ability to pull a practical joke. Ninety-five children between ages 2 and 6 participated in, among other measures, a practical joke task that required them to knowingly give one of the experimenters a gift box containing a rubber insect. Results showed that children’s ability to pull a practical joke was significantly related to their age, false belief understanding (FBU), inhibitory control, and verbal ability. Children with more siblings were more likely to successfully pull a practical joke. Most importantly, inhibitory control was shown to mediate the relation between FBU and practical joking. The findings provide evidence that practical joking as an example of ToM use is effortful.

Theory of mind and inhibitory control in three cultures: Conflict inhibition predicts false belief understanding in Germany, Costa Rica and Cameroon

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanasios Chasiotis ◽  
Florian Kiessling ◽  
Jan Hofer ◽  
Domingo Campos
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
False Belief ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
False Belief Understanding ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates the relationship of theory of mind and inhibitory control in three samples from Europe, Africa and Latin America differing in relevant socioeconomic and psychological background. The relationship between false belief understanding and inhibitory control was tested using samples of 3 to 5 year-old preschoolers from Germany ( N = 116), Costa Rica ( N = 82) and Cameroon ( N = 116). Inhibitory control and theory of mind were examined using test batteries. Age, gender, siblings, language understanding and mother's education were controlled. Results of regression analyses controlling for moderating effects of culture show a culture-independent relation between conflict inhibition and false belief understanding while delay inhibition is not a significant predictor for false belief understanding across cultures. Conflict inhibition is discussed as a universal developmental prerequisite for the development of theory of mind in the preschool years.

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