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Children's Development in Applying Theory of Mind and Mind-Related Knowledge  

송영주 (대구가톨릭대학교 아동학과)
유연옥 (계명대학교 유아교육과)
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Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association / v.41, no.7, 2003 , pp. 107-120 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was purposed to explore children's development in the theory of mind. Children of age 7, 9 and 11 explained others' good and bad behaviors, and answered to questions about ‘mind’ and ‘heart’ Children's behavior explanations with internal factors, including traits and mental states, were scored and analyzed. The responses of mind-related knowledges were categorized and compared by age. Results showed that children's internal explanations were not different with age, and most of the children explained internally for others' bad behaviors more than for good ones. Secondly, children conceptualized cold-minded ‘mind’ and hot-minded ‘heart’ differentially, but showed developmental differences in mind-related knowledges. It was hard for the younger children to explain ‘mind’ and ‘heart’ Children came to construct their knowledge with age; ‘mind’ including cognitive monitoring, and ‘heart’ working outside the personal emotions.
Keywords
theory of mind; folk psychology;
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