Psychological Development and Education ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 210-214.

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The Curse of Knowledge in False-belief Tasks

ZHANG Jing-jing, HU Qing-fen   

  1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2010-03-15 Published:2010-03-15

Abstract: Young children have problems in false-belief tasks.This is at least partially the result of the curse of know ledge.The curse of know ledge is a tendency to be biased by one's own know ledge when attempting to app reciate a more naive or uninformed perspective.This article introduced the curse of know ledge account from six aspects:(1)the concept of the curse of know ledge;(2)parallels in children's and adults' limitations in mental-state reasoning;(3)the curse of know ledge in false-belief tasks;(4)reduce the curse of know ledge;(5) problems in current research;(6)some ideas for future research.

Key words: the curse of know ledge, false belief task, theory of mind

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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