Theory of puppets or theory of mind? Misunderstanding how children construe puppets in psychological research: A commentary on Packer and Moreno-Dulcey (2022)

• Published in: Cognitive development Vol. 63; p. 101218
• Main Authors: Wellman, Henry M., Yu, Chi-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Social cognition; Theory of mind; Theory of puppets; Theory of puppets; Theory of mind; Social cognition

In a recent article in this journal, Packer and Moreno-Dulcey (2022) critique research on social cognition for so often using puppets and dolls in its research tasks instead of real persons. First, they suggest that such tasks have dubious validity including low ecological validity. Then they sugges...