Dunn Et Al

Multiple Choice

Dunn et al. (1991) investigated the relation between how parents communicated with their toddlers and the age from which their children began to acknowledge false belief. They discovered that:

A) Children with an extended family are at an advantage in developing a theory of mind
B) Verbose parents tend to encourage children's pretend play, but this does not promote development of a theory of mind
C) Autocratic parenting promotes a theory of mind
D) Children who had the most advanced theory of mind had parents who tended to explain people's behavior with reference to psychological factors
E) Children with older siblings are at an advantage in developing a theory of mind