The age of onset of false belief understanding differs across Chinese and European-American communities (Liu et al., 2008). Chinese children in Hong Kong develop theory-of-mind understanding as much as two years later than Canadian English-speaking children. Discuss the implications of these findings.

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The Answer is Development of theory-of-mind seems largely culturally dependent or at least strongly culturally influences. In this domain, development is not universal across cultures but the culture the child is reared in significantly impacts the developmental trajectories children take.

The Age of Onset of False Belief Understanding Differs Across