“心理理论”与情绪、推理的关系辨析

根据康德哲学的思想，心理机能被分成内向机能和外向机能。根据这个理论，“心理理论”是属于内向机能，推理则属于外向机能。因此，在推理的框架下来定义心理理论是行不通的。又因为心理理论的反应是情绪性的，而错误信念任务的反应是认知性的，所以，用错误信念任务来检测心理理论的发展水平是无效的。对心理理论的实验研究应该使用情绪反应作为因变量。

A tentative Discrimination of the Relationship between the Teory of Mind (ToM), and Emotion and Inference

Following Kant＇s thoughts, mental function is divided into extroversive function and introversive function. According to this, the ToM （Theory of Mind） belongs to introversive function and inference belongs to extroversive function. Thus, it is impossible to define ToM under the schema of inference. Because the responses of ToM are emotional and the responses in False Belief（FB） belong to cognition, therefore FB cannot measure the developmental level of ToM. And the paper also suggests that the dependent variable of ToM- inquire should be emotional responses.