Two trends in the development of conceptual perspective-taking: An elaboration of the passive-active hypothesis

Journal/Book: Int J Behav Dev. 1995; 18: 27 Palmeira Mansions, Church Rd, Hove, E Sussex, England BN3 2FA. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Ltd. 649-676.

Abstract: Two developmental trends in conceptual perspective-taking are proposed and these proposals are used to frame a review of the perspective-taking literature. Perspective-taking competence is described in terms of children's understanding of relations between mental states and conditions that influence or determine mental states. The two proposed developmental trends are: (1) older children increasingly differentiate among the effects of conditions that determine mental states; and (2) children progress from understanding direct one-to-one relations between a determining condition and a mental state to understanding interactions in which one condition mediates the effects of another in producing a mental state.

Note: Article BH Pillow, No Illinois Univ, Dept Psychol, de Kalb, IL 60115 USA

Keyword(s): YOUNG CHILDRENS KNOWLEDGE; REFERENTIAL COMMUNICATION TASK; APPEARANCE-REALITY DISTINCTION; VISUAL-PERCEPTION; FALSE BELIEF; REPRESENTATIONAL CHANGE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL COGNITION; VARIABLES; OTHERS

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