Preschoolers (Sometimes) Defer to the Majority in Making Simple Perceptual Judgments

Autor/inn/en	Corriveau, Kathleen H.; Harris, Paul L.
Titel	Preschoolers (Sometimes) Defer to the Majority in Making Simple Perceptual Judgments
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 2, S.437-445 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0017553
Schlagwörter	Asian Americans; North Americans; Children; Preschool Children; Age Differences; Problem Solving; Thinking Skills; Perception; Adults; Comparative Analysis; Conflict Resolution; Behavior Patterns; Evaluation Methods; Task Analysis; Developmental Psychology; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Problemlösen; Denkfähigkeit; Wahrnehmung; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Aufgabenanalyse; Entwicklungspsychologie; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Three- and 4-year-old children were asked to judge which of a set of 3 lines was the longest, both independently and in the face of an inaccurate consensus among adult informants. Children were invariably accurate when making independent judgments but sometimes deferred to the inaccurate consensus. Nevertheless, the deference displayed by both age groups proved to be circumscribed. When asked to solve a practical problem--selecting the longest strip to build an adequate bridge--both groups relied on their own perceptual judgment, regardless of whether they had deferred to the inaccurate consensus. Confirming earlier meta-analytic findings with adults, the rate of deference was greater among Asian American children as compared with Caucasian American children. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10