Question: Assess the claim that a test of false belief is a good tool for investigating children's developing understanding of the mind. introduction: explain what is theory of mind false belief why we need a test of false belief bullet points: test of beliefs( first person) philosophers Dennett say that basic understanding of mind comes from the insight that people hold simple factual beliefs and these belief governs their behavior. Child can not have religious or political belief as they don't understand it. false belief task purpose is to distinguish unambiguously between a child awareness of false belief and true belief according to Dr. Dennett talk about the Sally-Anne test at 1985 by psychologists, passing test answer is "sally will look marble in basket" numbers of children are tested and many succeed the test we can't really prove if someone has theory of mind as however a universal testing system can give us the most valid results Question: Assess the claim that a test of false belief is a good tool for investigating children's developing understanding of the mind. Theory of mind is the ability to comprehend the mental state of oneself in relation to others,
such as belief, emotions, desire, thoughts. This ability allows us to predict and explain others actions and behaviour according to Dr.Trevarthen which is very important to children developing understanding of the mind. This essay will highlight some tests of false belief whether they are effective and their limitations and domains of study such as language by describing studies that have been done to test children and measure their theory of mind. ‘ Language and theory of mind are similar and interact in some ways, young children of 2-4 years old start to comprehend information others tell them and ask for things they desire such as sweets. We know this as young children have the ability to begin to speak at the age between 2-4 years old, unless they have disorders such as autism, which means they would listen and able to hold a conversations with others.As children develop, their language will develop too as parents behaviour especially mother who talk about mental states will help child in the theory of mind development and their child language ability according to a study by Dr. Ruffman, this study indicates that the environment of the childrens' family is important at the early stage of development. It was observed that paternal mental state talk with their child will change the child's mental state 1 or 2 years later. Many factors can affect a child's mental state and this study also examined the causal role of exposure that infants can have within the family and the outside world such as the community. Test of false belief is used to test the theory of mind for different type of children and adults generally, many false belief test were used in the past, in which there are first and second order; first order false belief test is to examine that the