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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Cognition
  • Information Sharing Behavior

Background:

  • Children's understanding of social roles is crucial for effective communication.
  • Previous research has explored children's theory of mind but less on role-specific information sharing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if children aged 5-10 consider an individual's role when deciding what information to share.
  • To determine the developmental trajectory of role-based information sharing in children.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted with 121 children aged 5-10.
  • Children were presented with information and asked to share it with characters holding different job descriptions.
  • Sharing decisions were analyzed based on relevance to character roles and personal preferences.

Main Results:

  • Seven-year-olds consistently shared information aligned with character roles, unlike 5-year-olds and some 9-year-olds.
  • Children's sharing choices were not influenced by personal preferences for the information.
  • 7- and 9-year-olds shared information with the most relevant recipient.

Conclusions:

  • Children develop the ability to use occupational role information for targeted information sharing by age 7.
  • This indicates an emerging understanding of social context in communication.
  • Findings highlight a key developmental step in pragmatic language use and social reasoning.