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Young children can infer information preferences from goals and recommend appropriate sources to others.

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: = 180) select mechanistic and entertaining information sources for others depending on their goals. Participants recommended books containing mechanistic information to agents who wanted to learn and entertaining information to agents who wanted to have fun. In contrast to adults who strongly favored entertaining books, children recommended both kinds of books equally to a generally curious agent. These results suggest children can infer others' information-seeking preferences based on their goals and recommend appropriate information sources to satisfy those goals despite possessing little topical knowledge themselves. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Developmental Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/dev0001573

Authors: Aaron Chuey, Kristi Lockhart, Emmanuel Trouche, Frank Keil

Institutions: Stanford University, Yale University, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique

Language: English

Topic: Child and Animal Learning Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: National Science Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W4382010616