Psychological Development and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 248-254.

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The Relationship between Theory of mind and Temporal order memory in Preschoolers——Evidence of separation from Temporal order memory

TONG Wei1, YANG Ze1, ZHANG Xia2   

  1. 1. School of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. Experimental Kindergarten of Southwest University(South Campus), Chongqing 400715
  • Online:2012-05-15 Published:2012-05-15

Abstract: The research examined the relationship between temporal order memory and theory of mind.In study 1,we examined the performance about temporal order memory and theory of mind of 39 children from 3.5-5.5 years old and the relationship between temporal order memory and theory of mind was measured by three different types of materials including causality correlation,and neither-nor texts;In study 2,90 children were involved in to examine the relationship between the two memory components which are comprehension memory and mechanical memory dissociated by depiction,flashback,and flashforward and theory of mind respectively.The result showed that in different materials,the relationship between temporal order memory and theory of mind wasn't significant;5.5-year-old children's comprehension memory was significantly higher than the 3.5-year-old children's;4.5-year-old and 5.5-year-old children's mechanical memory was significantly higher than those of 3.5-year-old children's;Only comprehension memory can predict the performance of theory of mind.

Key words: preschoolers, temporal order memory, theory of mind, memory dissociation

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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