How do children weigh competence and benevolence when deciding whom to trust?

In three experiments, we investigate how 187 3- to 5-year-olds weigh competence and benevolence when deciding whom to trust. Children were presented with two informants who provided conflicting labels for novel objects – one informant was competent, but mean, the other incompetent, but nice. Across...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cognition 2015-11, Vol.144, p.76-90
Hauptverfasser:	Johnston, Angie M., Mills, Candice M., Landrum, Asheley R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aptitude Beneficence Child, Preschool Decision Making Epistemology Female Humans Judgment Male Order effects Preschool-aged children Source reliability Trait labels Trust
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