Trust and skepticism : children's selective learning from testimony /

"Children learn a great deal from other people, including history, science and religion, as well as language itself. Although our informants are usually well-intentioned, they can be wrong, and sometimes people deceive deliberately. As soon as children can learn from what others tell them, they...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Other Authors: Robinson, Elizabeth J. (Editor), Einav, Shiri (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY : Psychology Press, 2014.
Series:Current issues in developmental psychology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Characterizing children's responsiveness to cues of speaker trustworthiness: two proposals / Elizabeth Stephens
  • 2. Learning from testimony about religion and science / Kathleen H. Corriveau
  • 3. Does understanding about knowledge and belief influence children's trust in testimony? / Shiri Einav
  • 4. Inquiring minds: using questions to gather information from others / Asheley R. Landrum
  • 5. Gullible's travel: how honest and trustful children become vigilant communicators / Olivier Morin
  • 6. Children's reasoning about deception: a cross-cultural perspective / Gail D. Heyman
  • 7. Cultural differences in children's learning from others / Katelyn Kurkul
  • 8. Resolving conflicts between observation and testimony: the role of inhibitory control / Koraly Perez-Edgar
  • 9. Trust in others' versions of experience: implications for children's autobiographical memory / Gabrielle F. Principe
  • 10. Commentary I: Developing dimensions of deference: the cognitive and social underpinnings of trust in testimony and its development / Frank Keil
  • 11. Commentary II: "If you've seen it before, then you know": physical evidence and children's trust in testimony / Christine Howe.