کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
916645 918874 2010 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Children's sensitivity to error magnitude when evaluating informants
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روانشناسی رشد و آموزشی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Children's sensitivity to error magnitude when evaluating informants
چکیده انگلیسی

Three experiments examined children's (N = 80; 40; 48) sensitivity to error magnitude as a measure of informants’ past accuracy, and indication of future reliability. Experiments 1 and 2 assessed whether, in a forced-choice task, children would evaluate as better and show greater trust in an informant whose previous errors were consistently within close range of the correct answer than one whose errors were more extreme. Six-to-seven-year olds displayed such sensitivity in an animal-labeling context (Experiment 1), whereas 4–5-year olds did so only in a number context, where the magnitude of errors was more obviously quantifiable (Experiment 2). Given a free choice in Experiment 3, 6- and 7-year olds preferred to guess the answers themselves rather than accept the claims of either informant. Only the older children's guesses, however, were informed by the testimony of the previously closer informant, indicating an increased awareness that this informant's claims could guide them toward the correct answers.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Cognitive Development - Volume 25, Issue 3, July–September 2010, Pages 218–232
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