期刊
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
卷 26, 期 11, 页码 1812-1821出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615604628
关键词
theory of mind; lying; deception; training; social behavior
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31371041, 31470993, 31400898]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LQ14C090001]
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grants [HD047290, HD022149]
Theory of mind (ToM) has long been recognized to play a major role in children's social functioning. However, no direct evidence confirms the causal linkage between the two. In the current study, we addressed this significant gap by examining whether ToM causes the emergence of lying, an important social skill. We showed that after participating in ToM training to learn about mental-state concepts, 3-year-olds who originally had been unable to lie began to deceive consistently. This training effect lasted for more than a month. In contrast, 3-year-olds who participated in control training to learn about physical concepts were significantly less inclined to lie than the ToM-trained children. These findings provide the first experimental evidence supporting the causal role of ToM in the development of social competence in early childhood.
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