Young children's selective trust in informants

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1567, 2011, Pages 1179-1187

  Harris, Paul L ^a   Corriveau, Kathleen H ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Credulity; Epistemic reliability; Trust

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHILD; CULTURAL IDENTITY; HEURISTICS; PHILOSOPHY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRUST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LEARNING; TRUST;

EID: 79959531016     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0321     Document Type: Article

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