Putting yourself into others' shoes : role-play benefits preschoolers' theory of mind ability.

• Main Authors: Shen, Pinxiu., Long, Yingying.
• Other Authors: Qu Li
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44804
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigated the effects of a role-play intervention program on the Theory of Mind (ToM) understanding in 4- to 6-year old (N = 35) Singaporean preschoolers. Preschoolers who failed one of the ToM tasks were randomly assigned to either training or control condition. In the training condit...