幼儿心理理论愿望信念理解与情绪理解关系研究

考察了幼儿心理理论信念愿望理解与情绪理解的发展状况及相互关系.运用实验法对256名3~6岁儿童施测.结果表明:(1)幼儿心理理论愿望-信念理解与情绪理解的发展在3~6岁期间随年龄逐渐提高.4岁是基于信念的情绪理解能力发展的关键年龄;4~5岁是幼儿情绪观点采择能力发展的关键年龄.(2)幼儿基于信念的情绪理解能力的发展晚于错误信念理解能力的发展.(3)幼儿心理理论的愿望-信念理解与情绪理解之间相关显著.

Desire-belief Understanding and Emotion Understanding in Children's Theory Of Mind aged 3-6: Their Development and Relation

This study examined children's development of desire-belief understanding and emotion understanding of theory of mind,and discussed the relation between the abilities to understand desire-belief and emotion.256 children aged 3-6 participated in this study,and methods of experiment and interview were conducted.The results showed that:(1) there are age-related increases in development of desire-belief understanding and emotion understanding in theory of mind of children aged 3-6;4-year-old children are in the critical period of the ability of belief-based emotion understanding;and children aged 4-5 are in the critical period of the ability of emotional perspective-taking;(2) the ability of false belief understanding appears earlier than the ability of belief-based emotion understanding;(3) there is a significant correlation between of desire-belief understanding and emotion understanding.