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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| Language: | English |
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Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY :
Psychology Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Current issues in developmental psychology.
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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.