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Priewasser, Beate, Roessler, Johannes and Perner, Josef (2013) Competition as rational action : why young children cannot appreciate competitive games. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Volume 116 (Number 2). pp. 545-559. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2012.10.008 ISSN 0022-0965.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2012.10.008
Abstract
Understanding rational actions requires perspective taking both with respect to means and with respect to objectives. This study addresses the question of whether the two kinds of perspective taking develop simultaneously or in sequence. It is argued that evidence from competitive behavior is best suited for settling this issue. A total of 71 kindergarten children between 3 and 5 years of age participated in a competitive game of dice and were tested on two traditional false belief stories as well as on several control tasks (verbal intelligence, inhibitory control, and working memory). The frequency of competitive poaching moves in the game correlated with correct predictions of mistaken actions in the false belief task. Hierarchical linear regression after controlling for age and control variables showed that false belief understanding significantly predicted the amount of poaching moves. The results speak for an interrelated development of the capacity for “instrumental” and “telic” perspective taking. They are discussed in the light of teleology as opposed to theory use and simulation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Competition (Psychology) in children, Competition (Psychology), Child psychology, Child development | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
ISSN: | 0022-0965 | ||||
Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 116 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 545-559 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.10.008 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 25 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austria) (FWF) | ||||
Grant number: | I637-G15 |
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