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second-order false belief: a standalone construct

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Developmental psychology

understanding what one person mistakenly thinks another person thinks, typically acquired between about five and seven years.

In developmental psychology, second-order false belief refers to understanding what one person mistakenly thinks another person thinks, typically acquired between about five and seven years. This meaning comes from Perner (1985) in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.[1]

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References

Perner, J., & Wimmer, H. (1985). “John thinks that Mary thinks that…” attribution of second-order beliefs by 5- to 10-year-old children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 39(3), 437-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(85)90051-7

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