Theory of mind and inhibitory processing among bilingual Mexican American young children

Authors

Sarah E. Stegall, University of Texas-Pan American

Date of Award

5-2015

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Psychology

First Advisor

Dr. Amy A. Weimer

Second Advisor

Dr. Philip G. Gasquoine

Third Advisor

Dr. Darrin L. Rogers

Abstract

Bilingual children have been found to demonstrate advantages on tasks dependent in part or in whole on inhibitory processing compared to their language dominant and/or monolingual peers. This study examines relations among performance on theory of mind (ToM), inhibitory processing (FF), and performance on an ambiguous-figures (AF) tasks among monolingual and bilingual children. Participants included 135 Hispanic children ages 4.5 to 8 from predominately low-income families. Results revealed a relationship between FF and AF performance with ToM performance and found no differences in performance between monolingual, language-dominant, and balanced-bilingual children.

Comments

Copyright 2015 Sarah E. Stegall. All Rights Reserved.

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Granting Institution

University of Texas-Pan American