The aim of the chapter is to take stock and bring together fields of enquiry relevant to the
investigation of preschool children's referential abilities. After an appraisal of the evidence …

Interest in young children's understanding of their own and others' mental lives is currently
one of the most active areas of research in developmental psychology. Like many areas of …

British cognitive developmental psychology is characterized by its interest in philosophical
questions, its preference for linking basic research to applied issues in education and …

For young children, two of the most important tasks they face are learning how to
communicate and learning how to think about themselves and the social world around them …

It is well documented that children aged three years seldom acknowledge false belief, either
in themselves or in others. Instead, they typically judge the content of belief by reference to …

Constructivism is a general view of the nature of knowledge and the mind that applies
equally to cognitive and social cognitive development. Among constructivist approaches …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Sara Miller McCune founded SAGE Publishing in 1965 to
support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community. SAGE …

We spend a lot of time thinking about other people: their motivations, what they are thinking,
why they want particular things. Sometimes we are aware of it, but it often occurs without …

[Gop] Cognitive developmentalists often jump on bandwagons. This was the case with
Piagetian" conservation" in the 60s and 70s. Hoards of experimental variations on a theme …

Barresi & Moore do not consider information about intentional relations available within
emotional engagement with others and do not see that others are perceived in the second …