Preschoolers' evaluation of the informativeness of others' explanations about conjunctive causal events
Li, Yi-Lin1,2; Chai, Kai-Xuan1,2; Wan, Yingjia1,2; Chen, Zhe3; Zhu, Liqi1,2
刊名COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
2020-10-01
卷号56页码:13
关键词Selective social learning Informativeness Conjunctive causal events
ISSN号0885-2014
DOI10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100933
产权排序1
文献子类实证研究
英文摘要

Evaluation of the informativeness of others' testimony is a key aspect of children's social learning. The present study investigates the developmental change in preschoolers' evaluation of the testimony and choice of learning sources based on the informativeness of others' explanations about conjunctive causal events. In two experiments, 3- to 5-year-olds (N = 224) were presented with causal events in which a machine was activated when Block A and Block B were placed on its top. Children then watched two informants providing explanations that vary in informativeness and accuracy (the inaccurate explanations contain non-causal causes). The informative explanations were the same in both experiments (i.e., A and B have to be on the box to make the machine light up). The under-informative explanations omit one of the causes in Experiment 1 (i.e., A has to be on the box to make the machine light up) or contain the logical term "or" in Experiment 2 (i.e., A or B has to be on the box to make the machine light up). Children were asked to rate the quality of the explanations and choose the trustworthy informant and testimony. In both experiments, children as young as 3 rated the informative explanations higher than the under-informative ones. However, only 4- and 5-year-olds rated the under-informative explanations higher than the inaccurate explanations and tended to choose the informative speaker as their learning source, whereas 3-year-olds cannot distinguish under-informative explanations from inaccurate explanations. These findings demonstrate a developmental trajectory in children's appreciation of the informativeness of others' testimony in evaluating the testimony and choosing learning sources.

资助项目National Social Science Foundation of China (Major Program)[19ZDA021]
WOS关键词SCIENTIFIC THINKING ; CHILDREN PREFER ; ACQUISITION ; TESTIMONY ; TRUST ; SENSITIVITY ; INFORMANT ; LEARN ; 24-MONTH-OLDS ; DISJUNCTIONS
WOS研究方向Psychology
语种英语
出版者ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
WOS记录号WOS:000602808700028
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/38331]  
专题心理研究所_中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
通讯作者Zhu, Liqi
作者单位1.Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China
3.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Human Ecol, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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Li, Yi-Lin,Chai, Kai-Xuan,Wan, Yingjia,et al. Preschoolers' evaluation of the informativeness of others' explanations about conjunctive causal events[J]. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT,2020,56:13.
APA Li, Yi-Lin,Chai, Kai-Xuan,Wan, Yingjia,Chen, Zhe,&Zhu, Liqi.(2020).Preschoolers' evaluation of the informativeness of others' explanations about conjunctive causal events.COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT,56,13.
MLA Li, Yi-Lin,et al."Preschoolers' evaluation of the informativeness of others' explanations about conjunctive causal events".COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 56(2020):13.
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