The role of social cognition in early trust.
Language serves as a means of learning from other people. However, communication systems allow the truth to be disguised, whether out of ignorance, fear, deviousness or mistaken judgment. Recent research has explored the extent to which young children are selective in whom they trust for information and the mechanisms that support such selectivity.
Koenig
Melissa A
MA
Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. mkoenig@uchicago.edu
Harris
Paul L
PL
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D035502:Trust / Q000523:psychology*; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology