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Book SynopsisThe validity of the Delayed Self-Recognition (DSR) test was verified by comparing the performance of 57 children on the DSR test to their performance on a meta-representational task (modified false belief task) and to a task that was essentially the same as the DSR test but was specifi cally designed to rely on the capacity to entertain secondary representations (i.e., surprise body task). Longitudinal testing of the children showed that at the mental age (MA) of 2.5 years they failed the DSR test, despite training them to understand the intended functions of the medium used in the DSR test; whereas, with training, children at the MA of 3.0 and 3.5 years exhibited DSR. Children at the MA of 4 years exhibited DSR without any training. Finally, results suggest that children's meta-representational ability was the only factor that contributed to the prediction of successful performance on the DSR test, and thus to the emergence of the temporally extended self (TES). Furthermore, prospecti
Table of ContentsABSTRACT
I. DEVELOPMENT OF A TEMPORALLY EXTENDED SELF
II. METHOD
III. EXAMINING THE REPRESENTATIONAL DEMANDS OF THE DELAYED
SELF-RECOGNITION TASK
IV. DO 2.5-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN HAVE THE REPRESENTATIONAL ABILITY FOR DSR?
V. EXAMINING THE DEVELOPMENTAL TRANSITION OF THE SELF FROM ITS PRESENT STATE TO ITS TEMPORALLY EXTENDED STATE
VI. EFFECT OF MENTAL AGE ON DSR COMPETENCY
VII. THE CONTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL, COGNITIVE, AND LINGUISTIC FACTORS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TES
VIII. THE CONTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL, COGNITIVE, AND LINGUISTIC FACTORS TO FURTHER ADVANCES OF THE TES
THE EMERGENCE OF A TEMPORALLY EXTENDED SELF AND FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ITS DEVELOPMENT: FROM THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES
CONTENTS
IX. METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
APPENDIX
REFERENCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY
SUBJECT INDEX
