Effect of a metacognitive training program of mentalist skills

  1. Carbonero Martín, Miguel Ángel
  2. Sáiz Manzanares, María Consuelo
  3. Román Sánchez, José María
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2013

Volumen: 25

Número: 1

Páginas: 31-37

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Psicothema

Resumen

Antecedentes:: recientes investigaciones en Teoría de la Mente (ToM) relacionan su desarrollo con el desarrollo de habilidades metacognitivas de "planificación", de "regulación", así como con la adquisición del "razonamiento predictivo y causal". Dichos estudios señalan la importancia que tiene el entrenamiento metacognitivo en el desarrollo de habilidades mentalistas. Método: en el presente trabajo participaron 20 niños de 4 y 5 años con objeto de comparar los efectos del entrenamiento. Resultados: se han encontrado diferencias significativas "intragrupo" en habilidades de atribución de creencia, de memoria y tendencia a la significación en habilidades de predicción del comportamiento. Asimismo se han hallado diferencias significativas "intergrupo" en atribución de creencia, predicción y memoria. Conclusiones: el entrenamiento en habilidades mentalistas parece incrementar las habilidades de atribución, predicción y memoria en tareas de Teoría de la Mente.

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