Social Cognition (1) The gullibility of children is a discontinuous process. (4) Acknowledge the different needs of other children, their emotions, and their preferences (2) Gullibility of children Nurture highly plays a role in this example (3) Domain-general processes highly apply (5) Running head: DEVELOPMENT 1 DEVELOPMENT 5 Cognitive Development of Children Student’s Name Institution Date By the age of four years, children become highly aware of the information provided to them by adults, their parents are their individual caregivers. Gullibility refers to the susceptibility of a person to getting fooled easily or manipulated by an individual. In regards to their development, children between the ages of three to five years are typically unable to formulate and create their sense of separate self from their caregivers (Forrester, 2013).This fact means that children are highly affected by the perceptions of their parents towards them. Also at an early age, most children usually see themselves through the reflection imposed from the eyes of their caregivers. The message conveyed through the various communication processes by parents is highly robust and affects their level of self-regard. A great example is where parents view their children as incompetent in all aspects of both academic and social excellence. These perceptions of inferiority lead children to grow eventually old seek acceptance and a particular life direction from others. As the children see themselves as inferior due to the influence of the parents on their perception, another person’s viewpoints might impact their beliefs. This issue is due to the children profoundly unable to make incisive inquiries needed in proper decision making (Greenspan, 2008). As a result, children are cornered into make choices that counter their better sense of judgment. 1. Development stage of Theory of Mind In the chosen example, the development stage of the theory of the mind is social cognition. This phase is the primary facet of the ability of a child to interact appropriately with other children and also to see the world through their lenses. The fundamental fact of this knowledge mainly lies in the development of the theory of the mind. Theory of the mind refers to the comprehension of different people as capable individuals that have their various states such as feelings, motives wants, and thoughts (Pennington, 2012) .Around three to four years in children, a significant development occurs whereby children become aware that the ideas inside their minds might not be implicitly true. An instance of gullibility is whereby children are allowed to find out that a similar candy box contained pens and asked what their friend would think of the exact contents of the box before knowing what truly is inside the box. 2. Support of theory Concerning the theory within.

1. Social Cognition (1)
The gullibility of children is a discontinuous process. (4)
Acknowledge the different needs of other children, their
emotions, and their preferences (2)
Gullibility of children
Nurture highly plays a role in this example (3)
Domain-general processes highly apply (5)

2. Running head: DEVELOPMENT
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DEVELOPMENT 5
Cognitive Development of Children
Student’s Name
Institution
Date
By the age of four years, children become highly aware of the
information provided to them by adults, their parents are their
individual caregivers. Gullibility refers to the susceptibility of a
person to getting fooled easily or manipulated by an individual.
In regards to their development, children between the ages of
three to five years are typically unable to formulate and create
their sense of separate self from their caregivers (Forrester,
2013).This fact means that children are highly affected by the
perceptions of their parents towards them. Also at an early age,
most children usually see themselves through the reflection

3. imposed from the eyes of their caregivers. The message
conveyed through the various communication processes by
parents is highly robust and affects their level of self-regard. A
great example is where parents view their children as
incompetent in all aspects of both academic and social
excellence. These perceptions of inferiority lead children to
grow eventually old seek acceptance and a particular life
direction from others. As the children see themselves as inferior
due to the influence of the parents on their perception, another
person’s viewpoints might impact their beliefs. This issue is due
to the children profoundly unable to make incisive inquiries
needed in proper decision making (Greenspan, 2008). As a
result, children are cornered into make choices that counter
their better sense of judgment.
1. Development stage of Theory of Mind
In the chosen example, the development stage of the theory of
the mind is social cognition. This phase is the primary facet of
the ability of a child to interact appropriately with other
children and also to see the world through their lenses. The
fundamental fact of this knowledge mainly lies in the
development of the theory of the mind. Theory of the mind
refers to the comprehension of different people as capable
individuals that have their various states such as feelings,
motives wants, and thoughts (Pennington, 2012) .Around three
to four years in children, a significant development occurs
whereby children become aware that the ideas inside their
minds might not be implicitly true. An instance of gullibility is
whereby children are allowed to find out that a similar candy
box contained pens and asked what their friend would think of
the exact contents of the box before knowing what truly is
inside the box.
2. Support of theory
Concerning the theory within the given example, most three-
year-olds acknowledge the different needs of other children,
their emotions, and their preferences. By the fourth year,
children realize that people have different points of views. They

4. also comprehend that sometimes the beliefs of an individual
may not be entirely accurate however the actions of the person
are based on a false belief. (Keating, 2010)
3. Nurture perspective
Nurture highly plays a role in this example. How the child
views the world concerning the environment and how their
caregivers influence these perspectives. Some caregivers know
that children are easy prey to manipulation for their personal
gain.
4. Discontinuous development process
Since both continuity and discontinuity are proponents of
development, the gullibility of children is a discontinuous
process. Discontinuity is the development that occurs in
different stages. Here, people children progress through various
stages of life that that vary qualitatively from each other.
Children progress from thinking in literal terms to a more
abstract term. The children can now acknowledge the
differences between the views of their caregivers, discern the
real motive of their sentiment to a point, and then develop
specific evaluation by themselves (Baron-Cohen, 1997).
5. Domain general process
In regards to the example, domain-general processes highly
apply. This compatibility is because general domain theories
state that individuals develop a world view knowledge structure
that profoundly contains a complete knowledge of experience
that has been internalized since childhood.

5. References
Baron-Cohen, S. (1997). Mind blindness: An Essay on Autism
and Theory of Mind
A Bradford Book: Learning, development, and conceptual
change. MIT Press
Forrester, M.A. (2013).The Development of Young Children's
Social-Cognitive Skills Essays in Developmental Psychology.
Psychology Press
Greenspan, S. (2008). Annals of Gullibility: Why We Get
Duped and How to Avoid It: Why We Get Duped and How to
Avoid It. ABC-CLIO
Keating, D.K. (2010). Nature and Nurture in Early Child
Development. Cambridge University Press
Pennington, D. C. (2012). Social Cognition. Routledge
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Student’s Name
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