Social-Cognitive Processes in Preschoolers' Selective Trust: Three Cultures Compared
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| Title: | Social-Cognitive Processes in Preschoolers' Selective Trust: Three Cultures Compared |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lucas, Amanda J., Lewis, Charlie, Pala, F. Cansu, Wong, Katie, Berridge, Damon |
| Source: | Developmental Psychology. Mar 2013 49(3):579-590. |
| Availability: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org/publications |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 12 |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Executive Function, Comparative Analysis, Social Cognition, Evidence, Reliability, Decision Making Skills, Verbs, Change, Grammar, Language Role, Models, Trust (Psychology), Accuracy, Cultural Differences, Context Effect, Evaluation Methods, Selection, Information Sources, Cross Cultural Studies |
| Geographic Terms: | China, Turkey, United Kingdom (England) |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0029864 |
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 |
| Abstract: | Research on preschoolers' selective learning has mostly been conducted in English-speaking countries. We compared the performance of Turkish preschoolers (who are exposed to a language with evidential markers), Chinese preschoolers (known to be advanced in executive skills), and English preschoolers on an extended selective trust task (N = 144). We also measured children's executive function skills and their ability to attribute false belief. Overall we found a Turkish (rather than a Chinese) advantage in selective trust and a relationship between selective trust and false belief (rather than executive function). This is the 1st evidence that exposure to a language that obliges speakers to state the sources of their knowledge may sensitize preschoolers to informant reliability. It is also the first demonstration of an association between false belief and selective trust. Together these findings suggest that effective selective learning may progress alongside children's developing capacity to assess the knowledge of others. (Contains 3 figures, 2 tables and 4 footnotes.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 48 |
| Entry Date: | 2013 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1007425 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Research on preschoolers' selective learning has mostly been conducted in English-speaking countries. We compared the performance of Turkish preschoolers (who are exposed to a language with evidential markers), Chinese preschoolers (known to be advanced in executive skills), and English preschoolers on an extended selective trust task (N = 144). We also measured children's executive function skills and their ability to attribute false belief. Overall we found a Turkish (rather than a Chinese) advantage in selective trust and a relationship between selective trust and false belief (rather than executive function). This is the 1st evidence that exposure to a language that obliges speakers to state the sources of their knowledge may sensitize preschoolers to informant reliability. It is also the first demonstration of an association between false belief and selective trust. Together these findings suggest that effective selective learning may progress alongside children's developing capacity to assess the knowledge of others. (Contains 3 figures, 2 tables and 4 footnotes.) |
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| ISSN: | 0012-1649 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0029864 |
