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McDonald KP, Ma L. Preschoolers' credulity toward misinformation from ingroup versus outgroup speakers. J Exp Child Psychol. 2016;148:87-100doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.03.011.
McDonald, K. P., & Ma, L. (2016). Preschoolers' credulity toward misinformation from ingroup versus outgroup speakers. Journal of experimental child psychology, 14887-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2016.03.011
McDonald, Kyla P, and Ma, Lili. "Preschoolers' credulity toward misinformation from ingroup versus outgroup speakers." Journal of experimental child psychology vol. 148 (2016): 87-100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2016.03.011
McDonald KP, Ma L. Preschoolers' credulity toward misinformation from ingroup versus outgroup speakers. J Exp Child Psychol. 2016 Aug;148:87-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.03.011. Epub 2016 Apr 29. PMID: 27135169.
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J Exp Child Psychol. 2016 Aug;148:87-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.03.011. Epub 2016 Apr 29.

Preschoolers' credulity toward misinformation from ingroup versus outgroup speakers.

Journal of experimental child psychology

Kyla P McDonald, Lili Ma

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada.
  2. Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27135169 DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.03.011

Abstract

The current research examined preschoolers' credulity toward misinformation from ingroup versus outgroup speakers. Experiment 1 showed that when searching for a hidden toy, Caucasian English monolingual 4-year-olds were credulous toward the false testimony of a race-and-accent ingroup speaker, despite their firsthand observations of the hiding event, but were skeptical when the false testimony was provided by a race-and-accent outgroup speaker. In the same experiment, 3-year-olds were credulous toward the false testimony of both speakers. Experiment 2 showed that when the false testimony was provided by a same-race-only or same-accent-only speaker, 4-year-olds were not particularly credulous or skeptical. The findings are discussed in relation to how intergroup bias might contribute to the selective credulity in the 4-year-olds as well as the factors that might explain the indiscriminate credulity in the 3-year-olds.

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Keywords: Credulity; False testimony; Firsthand observation; Ingroup; Outgroup; Selectivity

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