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TY - JOUR
T1 - Social-cognitive processes in preschoolers' selective trust
T2 - Three cultures compared
AU - Lucas, Amanda J.
AU - Lewis, Charlie
AU - Pala, F. Cansu
AU - Wong, Katie
AU - Berridge, Damon
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877966742&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/a0029864
DO - 10.1037/a0029864
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84877966742
VL - 49
SP - 579
EP - 590
JO - Developmental Psychology
JF - Developmental Psychology
SN - 0012-1649
IS - 3
ER -