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Sayer, Catherine M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7180-6760 and Doherty, Martin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-7892
(2023)
Understanding of spatial correspondence does not contribute to representational understanding: Evidence from the model room and false belief tasks.
Developmental Psychology, 59 (5).
976–986.
ISSN 0012-1649
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Abstract
We examine the long-standing claim that understanding relational correspondence is a general component of representational understanding. Two experiments with 175 preschool children located in Norwich, United Kingdom, examined the use of a scale model comparing performances on a “copy” task, measuring abstract spatial arrangement ability, and the false belief task. Consistent with previous studies, younger children performed well in scale model trials when objects were unique (e.g., one cupboard) but poorly at distinguishing objects using spatial layout (one of three identical chairs). Performance was specifically associated with Copy task but not False Belief performance. Emphasizing the representational relation between the model and the room was ineffective. We find no evidence for understanding relational correspondence as a general component of representational understanding.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | ©American Psychological Association, 2022. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: DOI 10.1037/dev0001508 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | spatial correspondence,model room task,false belief task,theory of mind,theory of mind,spatial correspondence,false belief task,model room task,demography,developmental and educational psychology,life-span and life-course studies,3* ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3317 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Developmental Science Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > UEA Experimental Philosophy Group |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2022 04:04 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jun 2023 10:32 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90133 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/dev0001508 |
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