Psychological Development and Education ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 1-5.

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How Do children Pass False Belief Task:Beliefs or Rules?

LI Xiao-dong, ZHOU Shuang-zhu   

  1. Teachers College, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060
  • Online:2007-07-15 Published:2007-07-15

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Abstract: This study is designed to explore the validity of false belief task.False belief task and true belief task were adopted, know-questions and think-questions were used as indicators, 4 to 6 year-old children were used as subjects.The following results were obtained: (1) there were three response patterns on know-questions, which were correct, neglect inference and "yes" bias; (2) there were also three ways to pass FB task, which were belief-based, rule-based and others (guessing or other unknown strategies); (3) there was no significant difference between the passing rate of know-question and think-question.

Key words: theory of mind, false belief task, true belief task, rule

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