Josef Perner studied children’s understanding of false beliefs. Unexpected-transfer stories create a difference between an object’s actual location and the location known to an uninformed protagonist. Asking about the protagonist’s search tests whether children distinguish their own information from another person’s belief, while language and response demands still matter. [ref]
Beliefs about beliefs by Heinz Wimmer and Josef Perner. 1983, unexpected-transfer stories and belief questions
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