Knowledge matters: How children evaluate the reliability of testimony as a process of rational inference

Psychological Review

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 779-797

  Sobel, David M ^a   Kushnir, Tamar ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Cognitive development; Selective trust; Social learning; Testimony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRUST;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST;

EID: 84887510070     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034191     Document Type: Article

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