Abstract The ability of 3-to 5-year-old children to reason about trust in relation to the honest
behavior of others was examined across five studies (total N= 496). Results showed that …

Collaboration is an early emerging component of successful cooperative relations that
produces a cascade of positive social preferences between collaborators. Concurrently …

Research indicates that children often show a positivity bias, or a tendency to favor positive
information over negative information, in assessments of informant credibility in social and …

人类个体对外界知识的获取很大程度上依赖于沟通, 即他人的证言. 对儿童来说尤其如此.
发展心理学家最近致力于研究学龄前儿童对他人证言的信任. 一方面, 学龄前儿童往往会盲目地 …

This research explored whether children judge the knowledge state of others and selectively
learn novel information from them based on how they dress. The results indicated that 4-and …

Many studies suggest that preschoolers initially privilege outcome over intention in their
moral judgments. The present findings reveal that, in contrast, even younger preschoolers …

Three experiments examined elementary school-aged children's and adults' expectations
regarding what specialists (ie, those with narrow domains of expertise) and generalists (ie …

This research examines the proximate evaluative mechanisms underlying prosocial partner
choice-based reciprocity. Across four studies we presented 855 university undergraduates …

Perspective taking, or “theory of mind,” involves reasoning about the mental states of others
(eg, their intentions, desires, knowledge, beliefs) and is called upon in virtually every aspect …

Two experiments examined the role of expertise, consensus, and informational valence on
children's acceptance of informant testimony about the quality of work produced by a target …