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

@article{citeulike:1896691, abstract = {R\'{e}sum\'{e} / 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. Revue / Journal Title Cognition (Cognition) ISSN 0010-0277 CODEN CGTNAU Source / Source 2006, vol. 101, no1, [Note(s): B9-B18] (15 ref.) Langue / Language Anglais Editeur / Publisher Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, PAYS-BAS (1972) (Revue) Mots-cl\'{e}s anglais / English Keywords Human ; Adult ; Preschool age ; Child ; Theory of mind ; Cognition ; Cognitive development ; Mots-cl\'{e}s français / French Keywords Homme ; Distinction r\'{e}alit\'{e} fiction ; Adulte ; Age pr\'{e}scolaire ; Enfant ; Th\'{e}orie esprit ; Cognition ; D\'{e}veloppement cognitif ; Mots-cl\'{e}s espagnols / Spanish Keywords Hombre ; Adulto ; Edad preescolar ; Ni\~{n}o ; Teoria esp\'{i}ritu ; Cognici\'{o}n ; Desarrolo cognitivo ; Mots-cl\'{e}s d'auteur / Author Keywords Cognitive development ; Theory of mind ; Fiction ; Reality/fantasy distinction ; Perspective taking ; Localisation / Location INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 15966, 35400013895058.0100 Copyright 2007 INIST-CNRS. All rights reserved}, author = {Skolnick and Yale}, citeulike-article-id = {1896691}, journal = {Cognition}, keywords = {children, fantasy, narrative, reality}, posted-at = {2007-11-11 00:18:09}, priority = {2}, title = {What does Batman think about SpongeboB? Children's understanding of the fantasy/fantasy distinction}, url = {http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN\&\#38;cpsidt=17941402}, volume = {Source 2006, vol. 101, no1,} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1896691 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1896691 TI - What does Batman think about SpongeboB? Children's understanding of the fantasy/fantasy distinction JF - Cognition VL - Source 2006, vol. 101, no1, N2 - Résumé / 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. Revue / Journal Title Cognition (Cognition) ISSN 0010-0277 CODEN CGTNAU Source / Source 2006, vol. 101, no1, [Note(s): B9-B18] (15 ref.) Langue / Language Anglais Editeur / Publisher Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, PAYS-BAS (1972) (Revue) Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords Human ; Adult ; Preschool age ; Child ; Theory of mind ; Cognition ; Cognitive development ; Mots-clés français / French Keywords Homme ; Distinction réalité fiction ; Adulte ; Age préscolaire ; Enfant ; Théorie esprit ; Cognition ; Développement cognitif ; Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords Hombre ; Adulto ; Edad preescolar ; Niño ; Teoria espíritu ; Cognición ; Desarrolo cognitivo ; Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords Cognitive development ; Theory of mind ; Fiction ; Reality/fantasy distinction ; Perspective taking ; Localisation / Location INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 15966, 35400013895058.0100 Copyright 2007 INIST-CNRS. All rights reserved KW - children KW - fantasy KW - narrative KW - reality AU - Skolnick AU - Yale UR - http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17941402 ER -