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ERIC Number: EJ307260
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Should I Believe You, or What You Say? Children's Belief of Children's Statements.
Russell, James
Developmental Psychology, v20 n2 p261-70 Mar 1984
Two experiments examined the determinants of children's belief or disbelief of statements made to them by other children. In both, the personal characteristics of the child transmitting the message were varied against message type and age of child receiving the message; transmitter characteristics were relative age and social dominance. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Credibility, Decision Making, Discrimination Learning, Evaluative Thinking, Individual Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Decision Analysis; Intention; Message Plausibility; Piagetian Theory; Subjectivity