Monograph Matters

Why is it important to understand the developmental progression of children’s theory of mind? SRCD Monograph lead author Fabricius explains how he and his co-authors of monograph issue 86(3) offer new insights into children’s theory of mind development.

How has developmental science evolved over the years in the assessment and interpretation of children’s understanding of the mind? SRCD Monograph lead author Fabricius explains how he and the co-authors of monograph issue 86(3) hope to inspire new questions and methods in the study of theory of mind.

The basis of Fabricius et al’s (2021) perceptual access reasoning theory is that the classic false belief test of theory of mind does not measure a child’s representational understanding of the mind. SRCD Monograph lead author Fabricius explains this key point of monograph issue 86(3).

How and when do children understand others’ minds? In this video abstract, SRCD Monograph author Christopher Gonzales provides an overview of the work with lead author William Fabricius and colleagues, in which they challenge the prevailing view in developmental science that a representational theory of mind is in place by the preschool years.

The Belief Understanding Scale is a short laboratory measure that can differentiate between children who use different ways of understanding the mind. In this video, SRCD Monograph author Christopher Gonzales provides an overview of this scale, which is presented in Chapter IX of monograph 86(3).