Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Young children more accurately recognize that others differ from themselves in emotions than desires.
2. The development of abstract reasoning skills appears to be the most important factor in the formation of a theory of mind.
3. Children with autism typically are normal on most intellectual dimensions.
4. Deaf children who use American Sign Language to communicate lag far behind other children in acquiring a theory of mind.
5. Modern psychologists see development more as a continuous process than as a movement through discrete stages.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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