Theory of Mind among Disadvantaged Children: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Gary Charness, John List, Aldo Rustichini, Anya Samek and Jeroen van de Ven ()

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Abstract: Theory of Mind (ToM), the ability to correctly attribute mental states to others, is important in social interactions. We evaluate the development of ToM in about 800 mostly disadvantaged children. We next conduct a field experiment with about 160 children in which we find that the low ToM rates for these disadvantaged children improve substantially in environments where the presence of other children is made salient. We see that ToM performance increases for both younger and older children in the treatment with strong salience, but that the treatment with weaker salience seems to be only effective in improving the ToM rates for older children.

Date: 2020
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