| Beyond Semantic Accuracy: Preschoolers Evaluate a Speaker's Reasons. | |
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PMID: 22417290 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Children's sensitivity to the quality of epistemic reasons and their selective trust in the more reasonable of 2 informants was investigated in 2 experiments. Three-, 4-, and 5-year-old children (N = 90) were presented with speakers who stated different kinds of evidence for what they believed. Experiment 1 showed that children of all age groups appropriately judged looking, reliable testimony, and inference as better reasons for belief than pretense, guessing, and desiring. Experiment 2 showed that 3- and 4-year-old children preferred to seek and accept new information from a speaker who was previously judged to use the "best" way of thinking. The findings demonstrate that children distinguish certain good from bad reasons and prefer to learn from those who showcased good reasoning in the past. |
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Melissa A Koenig |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-3-14 |
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Title: Child development Volume: - ISSN: 1467-8624 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-3-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372725 Medline TA: Child Dev Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2012 The Authors. Child Development © 2012 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. |
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University of Minnesota. |
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