| Sociocultural input facilitates children's developing understanding of extraordinary minds. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 22372590 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Three- to 5-year-old (N = 61) religiously schooled preschoolers received theory-of-mind (ToM) tasks about the mental states of ordinary humans and agents with exceptional perceptual or mental capacities. Consistent with an anthropomorphism hypothesis, children beginning to appreciate limitations of human minds (e.g., ignorance) attributed those limits to God. Only 5-year-olds differentiated between humans' fallible minds and God's less fallible mind. Unlike secularly schooled children, religiously schooled 4-year-olds did appreciate another agent's less fallible mental abilities when instructed and reminded about those abilities. Among children who understood ordinary humans' mental fallibilities, knowledge of God predicted attributions of correct epistemic states to extraordinary agents. Results suggest that, at a certain point in ToM development, sociocultural input can facilitate an appreciation for extraordinary minds. |
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Authors:
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Jonathan D Lane; Henry M Wellman; E Margaret Evans |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2012-02-28 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Child development Volume: 83 ISSN: 1467-8624 ISO Abbreviation: Child Dev Publication Date: 2012 May-Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-05-02 Completed Date: 2012-07-30 Revised Date: 2013-05-20 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372725 Medline TA: Child Dev Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1007-21 Citation Subset: IM |
Copyright Information:
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© 2012 The Authors. Child Development © 2012 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. jonlane@umich.edu |
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Child Development* Child, Preschool Comprehension / physiology* Concept Formation / physiology* Female Humans Judgment Knowledge Male Religion Theory of Mind* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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HD022149/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD022149/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 HD022149-15/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R37 HD022149/HD/NICHD NIH HHS |
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