Researchers are testing three groups of children aged two and a half,three and a half,and four and a half.In order to determine whether they have attained theory of mind,they give each group of children the __________ task,which examines children's ability to understand that someone else believes something they know to be wrong.
A)conservation
B)object permanence
C)self-concept
D)false-belief

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The false-belief task examines children's ability to understand that someone else believes something they know to be wrong, which is a key component of theory of mind. The other options - conservation, object permanence, and self-concept - do not test for this specific ability.

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