Why is performance on false-belief tasks in 3- and 4-year-old children related to family size?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Children from larger families perform false-belief tasks better than do children from smaller families. One explanation has to do with the role of siblings. The type of interaction provided by siblings facilitates developing a sophisticated theory of mind. Jenkins and Astingtzon (1996) showed that family size is particularly important for children with low linguistic skills. Apparently, having siblings can compensate for delayed language development in influencing performance on false-belief tasks.
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