Children's understanding of representational change and its relation to the understanding of false belief and the appearance-reality distinction.

A, Gopnik; JW, Astington

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1988.tb03192.x

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Children's understanding of representational change and its relation to the understanding of false belief and the appearance-reality distinction.

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Gopnik A

Astington JW

Abstract

This research concerns the development of children's understanding of representational change and its relation to other cognitive developments. Children were shown deceptive objects, and the true nature of the objects was then revealed. Children were then asked what they thought the object was when ...

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