孩子们教传感性的信息,只要它是真实的
Fanxiao Wani Qiu1, Canan Ipek1, Henrike Moll1
1Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Journal of experimental child psychology
|March 10, 2024
概括
小孩子更喜欢轰动性的信息,但当轰动性的说法是错误的时,他们会优先考虑真相. 这项研究揭示了儿童信息共享的早期偏见,以及他们衡量真相与吸引注意力的内容的能力.
科学领域:
- 认知发展 认知发展
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 信息科学 信息科学 信息科学
背景情况:
- 成年人和青少年经常分享惊人的信息,可能会牺牲准确性.
- 对于幼儿的信息共享偏好,人们的理解有限,特别是当感觉主义与真相相冲突时.
研究的目的:
- 调查4岁和5岁的孩子是否更喜欢传递感觉信息.
- 确定儿童的优先事项,当信息的轰动性质量与其真实性相冲突时.
主要方法:
- 两项实验对136名年龄在4岁和5岁的儿童进行了实验.
- 一个强制选择任务要求孩子们从两个陈述中选择一个来教一个同龄人.
主要成果:
- 孩子们更喜欢在没有赋予真相价值的情况下,教导轰动性而不是中立的信息.
- 当人听闻的信息是不真实的时,这两个年龄组都优先考虑真相而不是人听闻.
结论:
- 儿童在信息交换中表现出偏见,更喜欢轰动性内容.
- 幼儿可以权衡感觉主义与真实性,在真相受到损害时沉默感觉主义偏见.
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