TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Children's attention to beliefs in interactive persuasion tasks
JO  - Developmental psychology
A1  - Bartsch, Karen
A1  - London, Kamala
A1  - Campbell, Michelle Diane
SP  - 111
EP  - 120
VL  - 43
IS  - 1
N2  - 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., "I think puppies bite"). 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0012-1649
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.111
ID  - ref1
ER  -