The Emergence of the Ability to Track a Character's Mental Perspective in Narrative

Autor/inn/en	O'Neill, Daniela K.; Shultis, Rebecca M.
Titel	The Emergence of the Ability to Track a Character's Mental Perspective in Narrative
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 43 (2007) 4, S.1032-1037 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Literary Devices; Story Grammar; Narration; Comprehension; Perspective Taking; Young Children; Cognitive Development; Age Differences; Cognitive Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Literaturarbeit; Verstehen; Verständnis; Zukunftsperspektive; Frühe Kindheit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	In comprehending stories, adults create mental models from which they follow the actions of the characters from the characters' different mental vantage points. Using a novel methodology, this study is the first to examine when children attain the narrative ability to track the mental perspective of characters. That is, when do children follow the actions of a story to different locations that a character is thinking about? The results of Study 1 demonstrate that this ability is nascent in 3-year-olds but adult-like by age 5. Study 2 demonstrates that 3-year-olds' difficulty is the result of the mention of the character's mental state per se rather than task complexity. Together, these studies shed new light on the development of narrative cognition in humans. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10