How Children Revise Their Beliefs in Light of Reasons

Autor/inn/en	Schleihauf, Hanna; Herrmann, Esther; Fischer, Julia; Engelmann, Jan M.
Titel	How Children Revise Their Beliefs in Light of Reasons
Quelle	In: Child Development, 93 (2022) 4, S.1072-1089 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Schleihauf, Hanna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13758
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Young Children; Beliefs; Thinking Skills; Childrens Attitudes; Discourse Analysis; Cognitive Development; Child Development; Decision Making Skills; Attitude Change; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Belief; Glaube; Denkfähigkeit; Diskursanalyse; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Deutschland
Abstract	We investigate how the ability to respond appropriately to reasons provided in discourse develops in young children. In Study 1 (N = 58, Germany, 26 girls), 4- and 5-, but not 3-year-old children, differentiated good from bad reasons. In Study 2 (N = 131, Germany, 64 girls), 4- and 5-year-old children considered both the strength of evidence for their initial belief and the quality of socially provided reasons for an alternative view when deciding whether to change their minds. Study 3 (N = 80, the United States, 42 girls, preregistered) shows that 4- and 5-year-old children also consider meta-reasons (reasons about reasons) in their belief revision. These results suggest that by age 4, children possess key critical thinking capacities for participating in public discourse. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01