Children's Use of Information Quality to Establish Speaker Preferences

Autor/inn/en	Gillis, Randall L.; Nilsen, Elizabeth S.
Titel	Children's Use of Information Quality to Establish Speaker Preferences
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 49 (2013) 3, S.480-490 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0029479
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Preschool Children; Elementary School Students; Accuracy; Information Sources; Trust (Psychology); Access to Information; Evaluation Methods; Cues; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Reliability; Knowledge Level; North America + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Information source; Informationsquelle; Stichwort; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Reliabilität; Wissensbasis; Nordamerika
Abstract	Knowledge transfer is most effective when speakers provide good quality (in addition to accurate) information. Two studies investigated whether preschool- (4-5 years old) and school-age (6-7 years old) children prefer speakers who provide sufficient information over those who provide insufficient (yet accurate) information. Children were provided clues to the location of hidden dots by speakers who varied in quality and accuracy. Subsequently, children decided from whom they would like to receive additional information. In Study 1, when the outcome of the clue was clear, preschool- (n = 40) and school-age (n = 42) children chose to solicit information from sufficient rather than from insufficient speakers. In Study 2, when not provided with information about the outcome of the speakers' clues, school-age (n = 22), but not preschool-age (n = 19), children preferred sufficient relative to insufficient speakers. Results highlight a developmental progression in children's use of information quality as a cue to determining that individuals are preferable informants. (Contains 1 figure, 4 tables and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10