Do children trust based on group membership or prior accuracy? The role of novel group membership in children’s trust decisions

2014/08/11 by Fadwa B. Elashi, Candice M. Mills · 88 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Child and Animal Learning Development #Developmental psychology #Group (periodic table) #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Psychology #Set (abstract data type) #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2014.07.003

published in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 128, 88-104 (Elsevier BV)

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