Three-year-old Stacey watches her father put away the groceries he has just brought home. She is particularly interested in the package of Oreo cookies, which he puts in the breadbox just before leaving the room. A few minutes later, Stacey's mother opens the breadbox, exclaims, "Goodness, these Oreos belong in the cupboard!" and moves them to the correct spot. At lunchtime Stacey asks her father for an Oreo cookie. Given the typical development of theory of mind in 3-year-olds, which one of the following will she expect him to do?

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Stacey will expect her father to look for the cookies in the cupboard because she has developed a theory of mind and understands that her father knows that her mother moved the cookies to the cupboard.

Three-Year-Old Stacey Watches Her Father Put Away the Groceries He