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Children’s Selective Trust Based on Judgments of Information:Its Relationship with Prosocial Behavior and Decision Making

ZHANG Lan-ping, ZHOU Hui   

  1. Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhong, China 510275
  • Online:2011-01-15 Published:2011-01-15

Abstract: Selective trust refers to that people could distinguish reliable/unreliable informants on the basis of the accuracy of their objects naming.The current two studies examined the relation between selective trust and childrens prosocial behavior and decision-making.In the first study,75 young children aged 3 to 4 took part in both selective trust and prosocial tasks.Results illustrated that children were likely to share candies with the reliable informant.The second study investigated the relation between selective trust and children's decision making.Since there were candies with 5 different colors,72 3-to 4-year-olds children in the study were likely to choose candies introduced by the reliable informant.

Key words: selective trust, trust, prosocial behavior, decision making

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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