幼児期における誤信念課題の理由づけ内容の分析 : 時間的標識に着目して

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to consider children's ability to explain causal relations between others' false actions and misleading informational conditions and epistemic states by using narrative makers for temporality when he or she sees other's false action. Many previous researches about standard false-belief tasks had focused on children's abilities to predict false actions by others when the children are presented misleading informational conditions. In explanation questions, children were required to understand the causal links between misleading informational conditions, epistemic states, and resulting action. Seventy-nine children, aged 3 to 5, were given the false-belief prediction and explanation task. The results showed that 4- and 5-year-old children referred more temporal narrative makers than 3- and 4-year-old children. The participant who answered the explanation question correctly referred more temporal narrative makers than children who answered the explanation Question incorrectly. This finding indicated that 4- and 5-year-olds began to use the temporal narrative makers when they explain a causal relation between others' false actions and misleading informational conditions.