What does Batman think about SpongeBob? Children's understanding of the fantasy/fantasy distinction Export

@article{citeulike:740650, abstract = {Young children reliably distinguish reality from fantasy; they know that their friends are real and that Batman is not. But it is an open question whether they appreciate, as adults do, that there are multiple fantasy worlds. We test this by asking children and adults about fictional characters' beliefs about other characters who exist either within the same world (e.g., Batman and Robin) or in different worlds (e.g., Batman and SpongeBob). Study 1 found that although both adults and young children distinguish between within-world and across-world types of character relationships, the children make an unexpected mistake: they often claim that Batman thinks that Robin is make believe. Study 2 used a less explicit task, exploring intuitions about the actions of characters--whom they could see, touch, and talk to--and found that children show a mature appreciation of the ontology of fictional worlds.}, author = {Skolnick, Deena and Bloom, Paul}, citeulike-article-id = {740650}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2005.10.001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T24-4HM87FV-1/2/85c0e689132f04c97aa9cf1ef15a1081}, doi = {10.1016/j.cognition.2005.10.001}, journal = {Cognition}, keywords = {child, development, imagination, theory\_of\_mind}, month = {August}, number = {1}, pages = {B9--B18}, posted-at = {2009-05-21 22:38:29}, priority = {2}, title = {What does Batman think about SpongeBob? Children's understanding of the fantasy/fantasy distinction}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2005.10.001}, volume = {101}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:740650 L3 - citeulike-article-id:740650 N2 - Young children reliably distinguish reality from fantasy; they know that their friends are real and that Batman is not. But it is an open question whether they appreciate, as adults do, that there are multiple fantasy worlds. We test this by asking children and adults about fictional characters' beliefs about other characters who exist either within the same world (e.g., Batman and Robin) or in different worlds (e.g., Batman and SpongeBob). Study 1 found that although both adults and young children distinguish between within-world and across-world types of character relationships, the children make an unexpected mistake: they often claim that Batman thinks that Robin is make believe. Study 2 used a less explicit task, exploring intuitions about the actions of characters--whom they could see, touch, and talk to--and found that children show a mature appreciation of the ontology of fictional worlds. IS - 1 JF - Cognition EP - B18 TI - What does Batman think about SpongeBob? Children's understanding of the fantasy/fantasy distinction VL - 101 SP - B9 KW - child KW - development KW - imagination KW - theory_of_mind AU - Skolnick, Deena AU - Bloom, Paul PY - 2006/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2005.10.001 ER -