Abnormal Psychology: Theory Of Mind

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Purpose of the Study Theory of mind, is what gives people the ability to understand that others have different perspectives and beliefs. The purpose of this study was to determine whether increases in ToM is connected to the want that children have to perform in front of others.

Subjects One hundred and fifty-nine students from the middle-class, different backgrounds and races whom were 3-12 years of age were gathered together in 2011 from eight summer camps. There were 12 to 18 children of the same age placed in the same group each. The study did not use gender as a factor to get results. The independent variables were ages. After students were split up by age, they were individually interviewed and told that their ages would be studied. The students then took three different tests which established the correlation between ToM, self esteem, the want to perform and age. Thus, the dependent variable was the task each child chose, the answers they thought up for the ToM tests and the results of their self esteem surveys. Treatment of Data …show more content…

The kids were then tasked to do these activities in front of the experimenter and other students. Afterwards, the experimenters used three tests to determine the different levels of ToM within the students by using the Sally and Anne false belief task, the Cookie Box misleading container test, and the Duck and Lion social test. Finally, they used a seven-item self esteem survey scale that used smiley faces to gauge the extent of self-esteem the children had. Through these tests, the experimenters were able to use the results to compare how age correlated to why children may avoid performing infant of

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