Page No 162-168
Jhumki Rath
R.D.Women’s College, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
The study investigated attribution of desire based (happy, sad) and belief based
(surprise and curiosity) emotions among children from urban settings. A large
sample of children (n=240) drawn from 3-6 years of age group evenly distributed
across gender participated in the study. All the children completed emotion
story tasks in which short events involving story character’s emotion were
narrated. Relevant desire based and belief based questions were asked. Results
revealed significant developmental differences in attribution of desire based and
belief based emotions. However no significant difference between girls and boys
were noted.