| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Background to the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·Definition of Narrative and Story-telling | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Universality of Narrative | 第18-20页 |
| ·Narrative Perception | 第20-21页 |
| ·Narrative Intelligence | 第21-23页 |
| ·Use of Narrative Intelligence | 第23-27页 |
| ·Story-understanding Systems | 第23页 |
| ·Storytelling Systems | 第23-24页 |
| ·Supporting Human Narrative Intelligence | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第27-39页 |
| ·The Tape Mind and the TDT Mind | 第27-30页 |
| ·The TDT Mind and Mental Development | 第30-39页 |
| Chapter Four An Experimental Study | 第39-52页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第39页 |
| ·Subjects and Instruments | 第39-40页 |
| ·Procedure | 第40-41页 |
| ·Results | 第41-48页 |
| ·Discussion | 第48-52页 |
| ·The TDT mind theory approves the practice of deliberate lying in children | 第48-49页 |
| ·In the SFC test situation children were deceived by the experimenter | 第49页 |
| ·In the SFC test situation children who cheated were rewarded for their lies | 第49-51页 |
| ·Exposing children to a peer who lies and gets away with this could make the children imitate the immoral behavior of the model | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| References | 第55-62页 |
