Three Men Make a Tiger: The Effect of Consensus Testimony on Chinese and U.S. Children’s Judgments about Possibility

In this study, we ask whether consensus testimony affects children’s judgments of the possibility of improbable and impossible events. Fifty-six U.S. and Chinese 8-year-olds made possibility judgments before and after hearing three speakers affirm or deny the possibility of improbable and impossible...

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Authors: Nissel, Jenny (Author) ; Li, Hui (Author) ; Cramer, Amanda (Author) ; Woolley, Jacqueline D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 23, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 98-126
Further subjects:B counterfactual thinking
B Testimony
B possibility judgments
B social cognitive development
B Consensus
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