유아의 마음이론 발달과 공감능력 간의 관계

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the roles of cognitive and affective empathy in developing the theory of mind in young children. Participants of this research were 132 three- to five-year-old children attending kindergartens or child care centers in Chungbuk and 15 head teachers who worked with the children. The theory of mind (ToM) was measured by interviewing children with a battery of true- and false-belief reasoning tasks; i.e., Maxi task and Smarties task, after their parents’ consent to research participation was acquired. A survey was subsequently administered with teachers to measure children