ECE353: W4 Cognitive Development of Infants & Young Children D2

False belief task

According to your text, “the ‘gold standard’ that researchers use to
demonstrate understanding of belief is success on tasks that require
understanding of one’s own or another person’s false belief” (Siegler,
2005, pg. 318). Young children often fail false belief tasks.  This
finding has been interpreted in a number of different ways.  Give an
original example of a false belief task that could be given to a
three-year-old (do not use an example from the text).  Describe an
interpretation of children’s poor performance on false belief tasks. 
Provide at least two factors that can enhance the performance of
students on false belief tasks.  How can preschool teachers utilize
their knowledge of student performance on these tasks as well as their
knowledge of performance enhancers when planning for instruction?