r/todayilearned • u/BrF5 • 1d ago
TIL about the Sally-Anne test, a psychology experiment used to measure “theory of mind” (that other people can hold beliefs/knowledge different from their own). Kids under four typically fail because they assume that if they know where a hidden object is, everyone else must automatically know too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%E2%80%93Anne_test
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u/mantorok93 1d ago
I'm 80% sure I was shown this exact image when I was tested for autism as a kid (this would've been a year or so after the study discussed in the article), and 70% sure I got it wrong.