The role of socio-cultural factors in children's theory of mind development.

• Main Author: Yee, Ying JIa.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48725
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Research has found that most children develop a Theory of Mind (ToM); i.e., the ability to attribute mental states to the self and to others (a “theory” since mental states cannot be observed, they must be inferred). However, there are variations in the age at which children from different family ba...