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Toddlers prefer adults as informants : 2‐ and 3‐year‐olds’ use of and attention to pointing gestures from peer and adult partners

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Kachel, Gregor, Moore, Richard, Hepach, Robert and Tomasello, Michael (2021) Toddlers prefer adults as informants : 2‐ and 3‐year‐olds’ use of and attention to pointing gestures from peer and adult partners. Child Development, 92 (4). e635-e652. doi:10.1111/cdev.13544

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Abstract

Two- and 3-year-old children (N = 96) were tested in an object-choice task with video presentations of peer and adult partners. An immersive, semi-interactive procedure enabled both the close matching of adult and peer conditions and the combination of participants’ choice behavior with looking time measures. Children were more likely to use information provided by adults. As the effect was more pronounced in the younger age-group, the observed bias may fade during toddlerhood. As there were no differences in children’s propensity to follow peer and adult gestures with their gaze, these findings provide some of the earliest evidence to date that young children take an interlocutor’s age into account when judging ostensively communicated testimony.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Toddlers , Toddlers -- Development , Toddlers -- Intelligence testing , Pointing (Gesture) , Nonverbal communication in children , Cognition in children
Journal or Publication Title: Child Development
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 1467-8624
Official Date: 9 August 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
9 August 2021Published
28 January 2021Available
10 December 2020Accepted
Volume: 92
Number: 4
Page Range: e635-e652
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13544
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kachel, G., Moore, R., Hepach, R. and Tomasello, M. (2021), Toddlers Prefer Adults as Informants: 2- and 3-Year-Olds’ Use of and Attention to Pointing Gestures From Peer and Adult Partners. Child Dev, 92: e635-e652. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13544. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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