Older children verify adult claims because they are skeptical of those claims

被引：10

作者：

Cottrell, Samantha ^{[1
]}

Torres, Eric ^{[2
]}

Harris, Paul L. ^{[2
]}

Ronfard, Samuel ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Toronto Mississauga, Room 4059,CCT Bldg,3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada

[2] Harvard Grad Sch Educ, Cambridge, MA USA

来源：

CHILD DEVELOPMENT | 2023年 / 94卷 / 01期

关键词：

TESTIMONY; EXPLORATION; UNCERTAINTY; INFORMANTS; KNOWLEDGE; INFERENCE; ORIGINS; SCIENCE; STANCE; BELIEF;

D O I：

10.1111/cdev.13847

中图分类号：

G44 [教育心理学];

学科分类号：

0402 ; 040202 ;

摘要：

We investigated children's information seeking in response to a surprising claim (Study 1, N = 109, 54 Female, Range = 4.02-6.94years, 49% White, 21% Mixed Ethnicity, 19% Southeast Asian, September 2019-March 2020; Study 2, N = 154, 74 Female, Range = 4.09-7.99, 50% White, 20% Mixed Ethnicity, 17% Southeast Asian, September 2020-December 2020). Relative to younger children, older children more often expressed skepticism about the adult's surprising claims (1-year increase, OR = 2.70) and more often suggested exploration strategies appropriate for testing the specific claim they heard (1-year increase, OR = 1.42). Controlling for age, recommending more targeted exploration strategies was associated with a greater likelihood of expressing skepticism about the adult's claim.

引用

页码：172 / 186

页数：15

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