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Children's explanations for self-presentational behaviour
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-07, 18:15 authored by Robin Banerjee, Nicola YuillNicola YuillPrevious research has underestimated children's capacity to understand the self-presentational behaviour of other people. We argue from recent research in mental-state understanding that 8-year-olds should be able to attribute self-presentational motives in older to explain others' behaviour. In the present study, children aged 6 to 11 years heard stories involving emotion-masking displays and were then asked to explain the motivations for those displays. Results supported our prediction.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
European Journal of Social PsychologyISSN
0046-2772Issue
1Volume
29Page range
105-111Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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