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| Title: |
Turning Believers into Skeptics: 3-Year-Olds' Sensitivity to Cues to Speaker Credibility |
| Author: |
Jaswal, Vikram K. Malone, Lauren S. |
| Appeared in: |
Journal of cognition and development |
| Paging: | Volume 8 (2007) nr. 3 pages 263-283 |
| Year: |
2007-07 |
| Contents: |
Under most circumstances, children (and adults) can safely assume that the testimony they hear is true. In two studies, we investigated whether 3-year-olds (N = 100) would continue to hold this assumption even if the person who provided the testimony behaved in an uncertain, ignorant, and/or distracted manner. In Study 1, children were less likely to trust that, for example, a key-like object was a spoon if the speaker indicated uncertainty about her testimony (e.g., “I think this is a spoon”) than if she simply labeled the object ostensively (e.g., “This is a spoon”). In Study 2, 3-year-olds were also more skeptical about a speaker's testimony when she had earlier made an obvious naming error and seemed distracted, but not when she either made an error or seemed distracted. These results indicate that 3-year-olds can respond differently to the same testimony, depending on the speaker's behavior. |
| Publisher: |
Psychology Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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