Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: It often seems easier to trust information from friends than strangers. Do preschoolers and adults expect such bias towards friends? Presented with a main character, her best friend, and a stranger, participants judged who was worthy of trust from the main character’s perspective (third-person) as well as their own (first-person). Adults (n = 128, 55 female) expected the main character to trust her friend even if she had been previously inaccurate, while basing their own judgments on accuracy. In contrast, four- and five-year-olds (n = 128, 62 female) thought that the main character would be like themselves and care only about accuracy. Thus, while adults incorporate both friendship and accuracy into trust judgments, preschoolers fail to see that friendship matters.
Source: Developmental Psychology
DOI: 10.1037/dev0001761
Authors: Narges Afshordi, Pearl Han Li, Melissa Koenig
Institutions: University of Minnesota, Duke University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4395465036