{"id":4865,"date":"2014-06-03T10:56:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T14:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/inbre\/?page_id=4865"},"modified":"2014-06-03T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T14:56:34","slug":"vanreet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/research\/vanreet\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring toddler&#8217;s understanding of pretense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Investigator:<\/strong>\u00a0Jennifer Van Reet, Providence College<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentor:<\/strong>\u00a0David Sobel, Brown University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific Theme: <\/strong>Neuroscience<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Abstract:\u00a0<\/strong>One experiment is proposed to test whether 18 &#8211; 24-month-old children have an action-based or mental state-based understanding of pretense. Specifically, this research is designed to determine whether toddlers\u00a0initially represent pretense simply as an action or whether toddlers appreciate the role of the mind and\u00a0mental states in pretense. To do so, children will observe an actor pretending correctly with a previously\u00a0novel object. In one condition, the object will be novel to the pretender; in the other, the object will be familiar\u00a0to the pretender. Children&#8217;s looking time to this event will be measured. If children look longer at the\u00a0pretender who has no knowledge of what the object is, this is will indicate that toddlers hold a mental-state based\u00a0understanding of pretense. Equal looking times to the two events will indicate an action-based\u00a0understanding. Several other variables will be measured, including children&#8217;s ability to pretend, their ability to\u00a0comprehend pretense in others, and their executive functioning in order to determine whether any of these\u00a0factors play a role in how toddlers understand pretense. Results are expected to inform and help revise\u00a0current theories of how the mental process of pretending develops. They may also contribute to our\u00a0understanding of why some children do not pretend and whether pretense is an appropriate context for\u00a0learning new information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Human Health Relevance:<\/strong>\u00a0This research will add to our knowledge of early cognitive development, specifically in regards to the initial\u00a0development of children&#8217;s understanding of pretense. Knowledge gained from this project may inform or\u00a0contribute to the development of new best practices in clincal psychology, specifically in regards to early\u00a0diagnosis or treatment of autism, and early childhood education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigator:\u00a0Jennifer Van Reet, Providence College Mentor:\u00a0David Sobel, Brown University Scientific Theme: Neuroscience Abstract:\u00a0One experiment is proposed to test whether 18 &#8211; 24-month-old children have an action-based or mental state-based understanding of pretense. Specifically, this research is designed to determine whether toddlers\u00a0initially represent pretense simply as an action or whether toddlers appreciate the role of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1036,"featured_media":0,"parent":40,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-twocol.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4865","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4865\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}