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Children’s Selective Learning from Others

Nurmsoo, Erika, Robinson, Elizabeth J., Butterfill, Stephen A. (2010) Children’s Selective Learning from Others. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 1 (4). pp. 551-561. ISSN 1878-5158. (doi:10.1007/s13164-010-0043-y) (KAR id:32068)

Abstract

Psychological research into children’s sensitivity to testimony has primarily focused on their ability to judge the likely reliability of speakers. However, verbal testimony is only one means by which children learn from others. We review recent research exploring children’s early social referencing and imitation, as well as their sensitivity to speakers’ knowledge, beliefs, and biases, to argue that children treat information and informants with reasonable scepticism. As children’s understanding of mental states develops, they become ever more able to critically evaluate whether to believe new information.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s13164-010-0043-y
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Erika Nurmsoo
Date Deposited: 02 Nov 2012 18:11 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:09 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/32068 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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