false belief
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffalseandbelief
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false
adjective
uk/fɒls/us/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk/bɪˈliːf/us/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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(Definition offalseandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffalse belief
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Thefalsebeliefall-pass criterion score is thefalsebeliefoutcome variable used throughout the remainder of this report.
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Alternatively, understandingfalsebeliefmay be enhanced, but more modestly.
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Falsebeliefand theory of mind are not synonymous.
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This has been assessed by measures offalsebelief.
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Two trials of thisfalsebelieftask were carried out.
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These explored first and second orderfalsebeliefand deception.
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When children understand ignorance,falsebeliefand representational change.
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A subsequent session involved thefalsebelieftasks.
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This suggestion could be tested using afalse-belieftask where implicit and explicit knowledge offalsebeliefis separately assessed.
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For each of the six trials, children were asked to predict the returning character'sfalsebelief.
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Each adult participated in threefalsebelieftasks in random order.
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The fixation onfalsebeliefunderstanding has prevented us from examining the longer view of development.
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In particular, they demonstrate clear, but limited, lexical effects on children'sfalsebeliefperformance.
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The participant had to complete one sentence for eachfalsebelieftask.
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What do executive factors contribute to the failure onfalsebelieftasks by children with autism?
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Can children with autism be taught to understandfalsebeliefusing computers?
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These children also completed thefalsebelieftest of theory of mind.
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In all three tasks, the individual in question had afalsebelief.
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Autistic children, who selectively fail atfalsebelieftasks, seem to miss intentional communicative display.
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The "falsebelief" definition therefore fails to cover all types of deception.
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We also determined whether child gender was related tofalsebeliefunderstanding.
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Two reasons to abandon thefalsebelieftask as a test of the theory of mind.
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Certainly, much could be gained by investigating the cognitive advances that precedefalsebeliefunderstanding.
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