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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. (2008) Children’s trust in previously inaccurate informants who were well- or poorly- informed : when past errors can be excused. Child development . ISSN 0009-3920.
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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): | Child psychology, Knowledge, Theory of, Uncertainty | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Child development | ||||
Publisher: | Blackwell | ||||
ISSN: | 0009-3920 | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||
Grant number: | RES-000-22-1847 |
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