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A Study on The Developmental Relationship Between Young Children’s Theory-of-mind and Their Social Behavior

LIU Ming1, DENG Ci-ping2, SANG Biao2   

  1. 1. Department of Special Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062;
    2. Department of Psychology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062
  • Online:2002-04-15 Published:2002-04-15

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Abstract: In this study,the possible relations between young children's theory-of-mind and their social behaviorswere probed through a short tracing survey on 57 kindergarten children1Results revealed that the level of theory-of-mind of 4-years-old children is higher than that of 3-years-old children1Furthermore,there is a significant relationbetween the children's theory-of-mind and prosocial behaviors,while the no significant relation between the children's theory-of-mind and aggressive behaviors and withdrawing behaviors.

Key words: child development, theory-of-mind, social behaviors, individual differences

CLC Number: 

  • B844.12
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