Effects of Theory of Mind and Affective Perspective Taking on Young Children's Display Rule Behavior and Understanding

마음 이론과 감정조망수용능력이 유아의 표출 규칙 행동 및 이해에 미치는 영향

This study investigated differences of display rule by age and gender and the effects of theory of mind and affective perspective taking on display rule. Subjects were 64 4- to 5-year old children. Instruments were false belief, appearance-reality distinction, affective perspective taking, gift-giving, and display rule understanding task. Findings were (1) Display rule understanding differed by age; older children understood the display rules better than younger children. (2) Theory of mind influenced positive display rule behavior. (3) Theory of mind and affective perspective taking had a significant effect on display rule understanding.