Theory-of-Mind Training Causes Honest Young Children to Lie.
Theory-of-Mind Training Causes Honest Young Children to Lie.
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心理理论训练导致诚实的幼儿撒谎
DOI：
10.1177/0956797615604628
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发表时间：
2015-11
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Lee K
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作者：
Ding XP;Wellman HM;Wang Y;Fu G;Lee K
心理理论（ToM）在儿童的社会功能中起着重要的作用。然而，没有直接证据证实两者之间的因果关系。在这里，我们通过研究ToM是否会导致说谎（一种重要的社交技能）的出现来解决这一重大差距。我们发现，在参加ToM训练学习心理状态概念后，原本不会撒谎的3岁儿童开始持续地撒谎。这种训练效果持续了一个多月。相比之下，参加控制训练学习物理概念的3岁儿童比接受汤姆训练的儿童更不倾向于撒谎。这些发现提供了第一个实验证据，支持ToM在幼儿社会能力发展中的因果作用。
Theory of mind (ToM) has long been recognized to play a major role in children’s social functioning. However, no direct evidence confirms the causal linkage between the two. Here we addressed this significant gap by examining whether ToM causes the emergence of lying, an important social skill. We showed that after participating in ToM training to learn about mental state concepts, 3-year-olds who originally had been unable to lie began to deceive consistently. This training effect lasted for more than a month. In contrast, 3-year-olds who participated in control training to learn about physical concepts were significantly less inclined to lie than the ToM trained children. These findings provide the first experimental evidence supporting the causal role of ToM in the development of social competence in early childhood.