Theory of mind and features of creating discourse in children from 4 to 6 years

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study of the Theory of Mind as a mental basis of the process of creating narrations during communication. Methodical tasks and methods of evaluation were constructed to describe communication messages. Analysis of various information parameters of narrations was carried out on basis of more than 150 retellings of preschool children about events relating different content: events of mental and physical causality and humorous events. The results demonstrate the consistency in development of mental understanding and informative retellings as well as some features in the construction of narratives. Refs 14. Figs 3.