Informants' traits weigh heavily in young children's trust in testimony and in their epistemic inferences

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1253-1268

  Lane, Jonathan D ^a   Wellman, Henry M ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRUST;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; TRUST;

EID: 84880382921     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12029     Document Type: Article

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