Research from ASU shows that children do not understand concept of others having false beliefs until age 6 or 7. (IMAGE)
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A child decides whether Maxi will look for the chocolate bar in the blue, red or green box. When there are two possible locations of the chocolate bar, children can answer correctly without understanding how other people think. When there are more than two locations, children must understand how Maxi can have a false belief to answer correctly. Research shows that children do not reliably understand others’ false beliefs until they are 6 or 7 years old.
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