Question

Martyn is seated at a chair and sees his father standing by a box with a ball in front of it. His dad leaves the room, and another person comes in and puts the ball into the box, and closes the lid. Martyn is then asked where his father will look for the ball when he returns. This is an example of the ________ test.

Answer 1

Answer:The false test

Explanation:

This is a test that is created to weigh whether children can be able to reason with other people's mental states. Martyn's father standing by a box with a ball in front of it. When he left someone else put the ball into the box and close the lid. So now this will test if Martyn can predict where his father will look for the ball.

This is done so that the Martyn can tell the difference between his own knowledge and the wrong beliefs that may be held by his father about the whereabouts of the ball. It has been established that the 3 and 4 year olds can not fully understand where the first person will look for the ball cause they confuse their current knowledge of where the ball is with what the first person knows.