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Direct linkVanderbilt, Kimberly E.; Liu, David; Heyman, Gail D. – Child Development, 2011
Preschool-age children's reasoning about the reliability of deceptive sources was investigated. Ninety 3- to 5-year-olds watched several trials in which an informant gave advice about the location of a hidden sticker. Informants were either "helpers" who were happy to give correct advice, or "trickers" who were happy to give incorrect advice.…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Inferences, Metacognition, Deception
