Psychological Development and Education ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (4): 337-344.

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The Development of 3-to 5-Year-olds' Trust Judgment Based on Face

MA Feng-ling, TANG Yu-long, ZHENG Ting-ting, XU Fen   

  1. Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018
  • Online:2014-07-15 Published:2014-07-15

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Abstract: The present study investigated the developmental changes in the ability to make trust judgements based on strangers' face. A total of 262 children aged 3- to 5-year-olds were asked to make trust judgments in two studies. The results showed: (1) When children were showed by only one face of stranger, 4-to 5-year-olds could use facial characters to make trust judgment, but 3-year-olds' performances were in the random level; (2) When children were showed with the trustworthy and untrustworthy faces simultaneously during the trust-related interaction situations, 3-to 5-year-olds could make trust judgment based on face, and the accuracy of judgments increased with age. In conclusion, these findings suggested that children from 3-year-olds could make trust judgments based on face druing the initial interactions, and the ability of trust judgment was improved with age.

Key words: preschool children, trust judgment, face

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1

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