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Direct linkBrink, Kimberly A.; Wellman, Henry M. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Children acquire extensive knowledge from others. Today, children receive information from not only people but also technological devices, like social robots. Two studies assessed whether young children appropriately trust technological informants. One hundred and four 3-year-olds learned the names of novel objects from either a pair of social…
Descriptors: Robotics, Trust (Psychology), Toddlers, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
Selcuk, Bilge; Brink, Kimberly A.; Ekerim, Muge; Wellman, Henry M. – Infant and Child Development, 2018
We examined the sequence of theory of mind (ToM) acquisition in 260 Turkish children (Mage = 53.36 months, SD = 10.37) and the demographic factors associated with it. Children came from 5 different cities in Turkey. Their ToM skills were measured using ToM Scale, which probes various mental state understandings from diverse desires to hidden…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Foreign Countries
Lane, Jonathan D.; Evans, E. Margaret; Brink, Kimberly A.; Wellman, Henry M. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
We examine how understandings of ordinary and extraordinary communication develop. Three- to 10-year-old children and adults (N = 183) were given scenarios in which a protagonist wanted help from a human (their parent) or from God. Scenarios varied in whether protagonists expressed their desires aloud (by asking) or silently (by hoping), whether…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Children, Adults, Age Differences
