Development of Social Cognition in theory of mind in childre

Theory of mind is one of the most topics in social cognition, and since, it is a prerequisite to understand the social environment and involvement in competitive social behavior, in recent decades has been considered in the field of psychology. Therefore, the main purpose of the present study is development of social cognition in children based on theory of mind and comparison of theory of mind in three groups of 3, 5 and 7 years old children.

In this regard, 150 children from rasht city were selected by multiphasic cluster sampling and completed theory of mind scale (TMS-38). Data were analyzed in α≤0.01 significant level by multivariate analysis of variance and follow-up test.

The results showed that there were significant differences in levels of theory of mind between three groups. In this case, the older subjects compared with younger subjects, obtained higher scores at all levels of theory of mind. Resulrs: According to the findings of the present study,children together with increase in age in their evolution, achieve distinct levels of theory of mind