Preschoolers Sometimes Seek Help from Socially Engaged Informants over Competent Ones

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dc.contributor.ORCID0000-0002-0820-9162 (Mills, CM)
dc.contributor.authorRowles, Sydney P.
dc.contributor.authorMills, Candice M.
dc.contributor.utdAuthorRowles, Sydney P.
dc.contributor.utdAuthorMills, Candice M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-27T15:26:04Z
dc.date.available2019-09-27T15:26:04Z
dc.date.created2018-07-06
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dc.description.abstractThe current studies examine whether children can selectively seek help from more competent others to solve simple problems. Across two experiments, 4- and 5-year-old children watched two adults demonstrate using a toy: one adult appeared competent but was socially unengaged, while the other appeared incompetent but was socially engaged. Children were then able to seek help from the adults while working with their own problem-solving toys. In Experiment 1, children appeared to seek help indiscriminately between the two adults. In Experiment 2, which had a more salient competence cue, children showed a statistically significant preference for questioning the socially engaged informant. For both experiments, children were able to remember post-test which adult demonstrated which characteristic, though they did not make strong inferences regarding future behaviors. This research demonstrates that preschool-aged children sometimes prefer to seek help from socially engaged sources, even if those sources may not be competent. ©2018 Elsevier Inc.
dc.description.departmentSchool of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRowles, S. P., and C. M. Mills. 2018. "Preschoolers sometimes seek help from socially engaged informants over competent ones." Cognitive Development 48: 19-31, doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2018.06.006
dc.identifier.issn0885-2014
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/6900
dc.identifier.volume48
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2018.06.006
dc.rights©2018 Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.
dc.source.journalCognitive Development
dc.subjectCognition
dc.subjectChild psychology
dc.subjectHelp-seeking behavior
dc.subjectTrust
dc.subjectSocial skills
dc.titlePreschoolers Sometimes Seek Help from Socially Engaged Informants over Competent Ones
dc.type.genrearticle

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