@article{ref1,
title="Children's attention to beliefs in interactive persuasion tasks",
journal="Developmental psychology",
year="2007",
author="Bartsch, Karen and London, Kamala and Campbell, Michelle Diane",
volume="43",
number="1",
pages="111-120",
abstract="Whether and when children can apply their developing understanding of belief to persuasion was examined using interactive puppet tasks. Children selected 1 of 2 arguments to persuade a puppet to do something (e.g., pet a dog) after hearing the puppet's belief (e.g., &quot;I think puppies bite&quot;). Across 2 studies, 132 children (ages 3-7 years) engaged in these persuasion tasks and in false-belief reasoning tasks, presented in puppet and story formats. Belief-relevant argument selection increased with age, as did appropriate reasoning about false beliefs, and occurred more in puppet than story tasks. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that improvements in belief reasoning in early childhood may be reflected in social interactions such as persuasion.<br><br>Copyright 2006 APA, all rights reserved.  Keywords: Animal Bites; Dog Bites<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-1649",
doi="10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.111",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.111"
}