Verification of discrimination and reliability of faux pas test

Abstract

The theory of mind enables understanding of ourselves and other people around us as beings who have a mental world, a world of desires, needs, thoughts, intentions and beliefs. Theory of mind is a form of intersubjectivity based on symbolic thoughts and speech. With regard to the fact that the development of theory of mind does not end at the age of six, a special test has been developed which should asses that ability at a later age. One such test is recognizing faux pas stories. Faux pas is a more advanced theory of mind task, and it measures the ability of having an insight into more complex mental states present in unintentional insults. The goal of this paper is to check reliability and discrimination of the faux pas test. The research showed that questions are discriminative, but also that some cultural adjustment should be done.

Keywords

• faux pas
• discrimination
• reliability