Hoicka, E., Butcher, J., Malla, F. et al. (1 more author) (2017) Humor and preschoolers’ trust: Sensitivity to changing intentions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 154. pp. 113-130. ISSN 0022-0965
Abstract
This research demonstrates that preschoolers (a) avoid trusting informants with humorous intentions when learning novel information and (b) flexibly consider current intentions rather than initial intentions when determining who to trust. In Study 1 (N = 61), 3- and 4-year-olds based their trust on intentions or intentional cues alone, trusting a sincere informant over a joker, even when no prior accuracy or inaccuracy was displayed. In Study 2 (N = 32), 3- and 4-year-olds flexibly based their trust on the informants’ current intentions or intentional cues rather than their initial ones. Children trusted a sincere informant, who originally joked, over a joker, who was originally sincere. In Study 3 (N = 89), 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds tracked changing intentions, and not just intentional cues, in determining who to trust. Children trusted an informant who joked during training trials but was sincere during test trials over an informant who was ignorant during training trials and was sincere during test trials. However, if the ignorant informant became knowledgeable and the joker continued to joke, the pattern reversed. This is the first study to show that preschoolers consider intentions to joke when learning information. This is also the first study to show that preschoolers do not see trust as stable but rather see it as a function of changing intentions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier Inc. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Trust; Intention; Humor; Learning; Preschoolers; Joking |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2016 10:34 |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2016.10.006 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.10.006 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:107567 |