Why should I trust you? Investigating young children's spontaneous mistrust in potential deceivers

Children must learn not to trust everyone to avoid being taken advantage of. In the current study, 5- and 7-year-old children were paired with a partner whose incentives were either congruent (cooperative condition) or conflicting (competitive condition) with theirs. Children of both ages were more...

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Main Authors: Grueneisen, S. (Author), Stengelin, R. (Author), Tomasello, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2018
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