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Children's trust in previously inaccurate informants who were well or poorly informed : when past errors can be excused
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Nurmsoo, Erika and Robinson, Elizabeth J. (2009) Children's trust in previously inaccurate informants who were well or poorly informed : when past errors can be excused. Child Development, Vol.80 (No.1). pp. 23-27. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01243.x ISSN 0009-3920.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01243.x
Abstract
Past research demonstrates that children learn from a previously accurate speaker rather than from a previously inaccurate one. This study shows that children do not necessarily treat a previously inaccurate speaker as unreliable. Rather, they appropriately excuse past inaccuracy arising from the speaker's limited information access. Children (N = 67) aged 3, 4, and 5 years aimed to identify a hidden toy in collaboration with a puppet as informant. When the puppet had previously been inaccurate despite having full information, children tended to ignore what they were told and guess for themselves: They treated the puppet as unreliable in the longer term. However, children more frequently believed a currently well-informed puppet whose past inaccuracies arose legitimately from inadequate information access.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Trust, Children -- Attitudes, Child psychology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Child Development | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. | ||||
ISSN: | 0009-3920 | ||||
Official Date: | January 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.80 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 23-27 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01243.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
Grant number: | RES-000-22-1847 (ESRC) |
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