Evaluating and Approaching a Strange Animal: Children's Trust in Informant Testimony

Autor/inn/en	Boseovski, Janet J.; Thurman, Sabrina L.
Titel	Evaluating and Approaching a Strange Animal: Children's Trust in Informant Testimony
Quelle	In: Child Development, 85 (2014) 2, S.824-834 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12156
Schlagwörter	Trust (Psychology); Young Children; Animals; Information Sources; Mothers; Expertise; Age Differences; Participant Characteristics; Child Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Information source; Informationsquelle; Mother; Mutter; Expert appraisal; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	This study examined 3- to 7-year-old children's reliance on informant testimony to learn about a novel animal. Sixty participants were given positive or negative information about an Australian marsupial from an informant described as a maternal figure or a zookeeper. Children were asked which informant was correct and were invited to touch the animal, which was a stuffed toy hidden in a crate. Overall, younger children endorsed the zookeeper's testimony about the animal, but touched the animal more readily when the maternal figure provided positive information. Older children endorsed the informant who provided positive information, but showed some sensitivity to zookeeper expertise. Age differences were obtained in the association between participant characteristics and informant selection and animal approach behavior. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10