Trust and Skepticism (eBook, PDF)

Children's selective learning from testimony
Redaktion: Robinson, Elizabeth J.; Einav, Shiri

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Children learn a great deal from other people, including history, science and religion, as well as language itself. Although our informants are usually well-intentioned, they can be wrong, and sometimes people deceive deliberately. As soon as children can learn from what others tell them, they need to be able to evaluate the likely truth of such testimony. This book is the first of its kind to provide an overview of the field of testimony research, summarizing and discussing the latest findings into how children make such evaluations - when do they trust what people tell them, and when are they skeptical?

The nine chapters are organized according to the extent to which testimony is necessary for children to learn the matter in question - from cases where children are entirely dependent on the testimony of others, to cases where testimony is merely a convenient way of learning. Chapters also consider situations where reliance on testimony can lead a child astray, and the need for children to learn to be vigilant to deception, to ask questions appropriately, and to evaluate what they are told. With an international range of contributors, and two concluding commentaries which integrate the findings within a broader perspective of research on child development, the book provides a thorough overview of this emerging sub-field.

Trust and Skepticism will be essential reading for researchers, academic teachers and advanced students working in the areas of cognitive development and language development, and will also be of great interest to educationists concerned with nursery and primary education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317909651
• Artikelnr.: 40831284

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth J. Robinson is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Warwick, UK. As well as her main research interests in developmental aspects of the transfer of knowledge between people, she has a related side interest in communication in medical settings. Shiri Einav is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research focuses on children's developing knowledge attribution, evaluation of oral and printed sources of information, and selective learning.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Shiri Einav and Elizabeth J. Robinson 1. Characterizing
children's responsiveness to cues of speaker trustworthiness: two proposals
Melissa Koenig and Elizabeth Stephens 2. Learning from testimony about
religion and science Paul L. Harris and Kathleen H. Corriveau 3. Does
understanding about knowledge and belief influence children's trust in
testimony? Elizabeth J. Robinson, Erika Nurmsoo and Shiri Einav 4.
Inquiring minds: using questions to gather information from others Candice
M. Mills and Asheley R. Landrum 5. Gullible's travel: How honest and
trustful children become vigilant communicators Olivier Mascaro and Olivier
Morin 6. Children's reasoning about deception: a cross-cultural perspective
Gail D. Heyman 7. Cultural differences in children's learning from others
Kathleen H. Corriveau, Grace Min and Katelyn Kurkul 8. Resolving conflicts
between observation and testimony: the role of inhibitory control Vikram K.
Jaswal and Koraly Pérez-Edgar 9. Trust in others' versions of experience:
implications for children's autobiographical memory Gabrielle F. Principe
10. Commentary I: Developing dimensions of deference: the cognitive and
social underpinnings of trust in testimony and its development Frank Keil
11. Commentary II: 'If you've seen it before, then you know': physical
evidence and children's trust in testimony Christine Howe