Abstract
The study examined the procedure and characteristics of 3–5 year-old preschoolers’ understanding of pretence. Three conditions were installed: toys, substitutes and imagination. Two level of investigations were performed: preschooler’s recognition of pretense and inference of pretender’s mental state. The results showed that: (1) most 3–5 year-old preschoolers can recognize pretence, but the ability of inference of a pretender’s mind is gradually developed at 5; (2) 3–5 year-old preschoolers’ cognition of pretence is easily affected by supports; (3) preschoolers’ understanding of pretense mainly inclined to external features.
| Keywords: | child; theory of mind; pretence; false belief; metarepresentation |
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