Joe participates in a study.He is presented with a box of bandages.When he opens the box, he sees an eraser.The researcher asks him what another child seeing the box for the first time would think was inside it.This is an example of a(n):

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In a false-belief task, a person is asked to understand and recognize that someone else may have a belief that is different from reality or their own belief. In this scenario, the researcher is asking Joe to imagine what another child might believe is inside the box, even though Joe has seen that it contains an eraser instead of bandages. Therefore, this is an example of a false-belief task.

Joe Participates in a Study