A Study of the Development of Social Cognition and It’s Relation to Cognitive Developmental Level in Children

پژوهش های روان شناسی بالینی و مشاوره

Article 8, Volume 08, Issue 1, October 2007

Document Type: پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/ijap.v8i1.6746

Authors

samane asadi^* ; shole amiri; hossein molavi

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study development of social cognition and it’s relation to cognitive developmental level of nursery, preschool and second graded children of Isfahan. 123 participants (61 males and 62 females) were selected quite randomly, using cluster sampling, from 3 geographical areas of Isfahan (north, center and south) and False Belief Tasks. They placed in 3 groups of nursery schoolers, preschoolers and second graders. Then children interviewed according to Piagetian clinical method with mental conservation tasks (surface and length). Data analysis using Pearson correlation and MANOVA, showed that social cognition has a developmental trend (P