A developmental psychologist shows a 5-year-old a cookies box with a picture of cookies on
it and asks her what is in it.``Cookies'', is the ready answer. The child then looks inside the …

Previous investigators have examined children's knowledge about particular cognitive
performances such as metamemory, or particular mental acts, such as dreams. The present …

This is a state‐of‐the‐art review of children's understanding of the mind. It examines both
empirical evidence and explanatory theories. Considering evidence, the key issue of …

A second stage in children's conception of mental life: Understanding informational
accesses as origins of knowledge and belief. A second stage in children's conception of …

Imagine that the following story is acted out for a child: A boy comes home, places some
chocolate in a cupboard, and then leaves the room. While he is gone, his mother comes in …

Flooding the market of current claims concerning children's earliest theories of mind is a
cluster of aggressively promoted, and still widely subscribed “one miracle” views—a stern …

Research on “theory of mind” has traditionally focused on a narrow participant group
(preschool children) using a narrow range of experimental tasks (most notably, false-belief …

Development of concepts of self, mind, reality, and knowledge Page 1 Children’s development
of a “natural philosophy” is a fundamental part of their social-cognitive growth and influences …

This review begins with a brief history from Piagetian perspective-taking development,
through metacognitive development, and into the past and present field of theory-of-mind …

A major feature of human intelligence is that it allows us to contemplate mental life. Such an
understanding is vital in enabling us to function effectively in social groups. This book …