Predicting elections: child's play!
In two experiments, children and adults rated pairs of faces from election races. Naïve adults judged a pair on competence; after playing a game, children chose who they would prefer to be captain of their boat. Children's (as well as adults') preferences accurately predicted actual election outcomes.
Antonakis
John
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Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. john.antonakis@unil.ch
Dalgas
Olaf
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010826:Physiognomy; D011057:Politics; D011336:Probability; D012044:Regression Analysis; D055815:Young Adult