Mind-mindedness in children: Individual differences in internal-state talk in middle childhood

被引：82

作者：

Meins, E ^{[1
]}

Fernyhough, C ^{[1
]}

Johnson, F ^{[1
]}

Lidstone, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Durham, Sci Labs, Dept Psychol, Durham DH1 3LE, England

来源：

BRITISH JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2006年 / 24卷

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D O I：

10.1348/026151005X80174

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

Children's use of internal-state language during 2 tasks (book narration and describing a best friend) was investigated in a sample (N = 38) of 7- to 9-year-olds. Proportional use of internal-state talk on the two tasks was highly positively correlated, a relation that was independent of verbosity, age, verbal ability and the use of non-internal-state language. Theory of mind (ToM) performance, assessed using Happe's (1994) strange stories task, was not related to children's proportional use of internal-state language on either task. We suggest that these cross-task relations provide evidence of individual differences in children's spontaneous use of internal-state language that are independent of their capacities for representing those internal states.

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页码：181 / 196

页数：16

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