TY - JOUR
T1 - Young children's selective trust
T2 - Does seeing indicate knowing?
AU - Miyoshi, Mio
AU - Sanefuji, Wakako
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant Numbers JP15H05398, JP18H01084. We express our gratitude to the children and teachers at the nursery school for their cooperation with the experiment. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mio Miyoshi, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Japan (e-mail: mim046kued@gmail.com).
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The present study investigated whether young children trust selectively by considering why others may provide inaccurate information. Previous research indicates that children select others who are reliable as informants. However, it is unknown whether children consider the reasons for other's inaccuracy in situations where the speaker's response tendency is consistent. In this study, children (N = 40) aged 3 to 6 years chose who to trust between two inaccurate informants. One informant was inaccurate because of wearing a blindfold, whereas the other was inaccurate for no obvious reason. Children didn't show a preference for either informant. Furthermore, it was revealed that age differences were material in understanding the relationship between information access and the speaker's accuracy. This finding supports the contention that children do not consider why informants may be inaccurate when choosing whom to trust.
AB - The present study investigated whether young children trust selectively by considering why others may provide inaccurate information. Previous research indicates that children select others who are reliable as informants. However, it is unknown whether children consider the reasons for other's inaccuracy in situations where the speaker's response tendency is consistent. In this study, children (N = 40) aged 3 to 6 years chose who to trust between two inaccurate informants. One informant was inaccurate because of wearing a blindfold, whereas the other was inaccurate for no obvious reason. Children didn't show a preference for either informant. Furthermore, it was revealed that age differences were material in understanding the relationship between information access and the speaker's accuracy. This finding supports the contention that children do not consider why informants may be inaccurate when choosing whom to trust.
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U2 - 10.2117/PSYSOC.2019-A011
DO - 10.2117/PSYSOC.2019-A011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104413895
SN - 0033-2852
VL - 62
SP - 197
EP - 205
JO - Psychologia
JF - Psychologia
IS - 3-4
ER -