are typically associated with theory-of-mind studies where they are tasks during which children must infer that another understand or possess the level of knowledge about a certain task that they themselves do.
FALSE-BELIEF TASK: "In the majority of studies which look at the theory of the mind, a false belief task is used to examine an individual's ability to infer a person possesses a certain level of knowledge."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "FALSE-BELIEF TASK," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/false-belief-task/ (accessed March 23, 2023).