摘要:Children 5 and 8 years of age and undergraduates constructed stories using the wordless picture book,"Frog,where are you?" On a separate task,they explained the good and bad behaviors of others. The constructed stories of task 1 and responses of task 2 were audiotaped,analyzed by clauses,and then coded into the mind-related categories. Results showed that on both tasks the subjects used the actor`s desires and intentions much more than the other categories of mind. Undergraduates used more mind-related expressions in making their stories than children,but they were not different from children in considering the minds of others for behavior explanations. Positive but non-significant correlations were found between scores in constructing stories and scores in behavior explanations.
关键词:theory of mind;social cognition;mental state term;behavior explanation