Turkish- and English-speaking 3-year-old children are sensitive to the evidential strength of claims when revising their beliefs

IF 1.8 2区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI:10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106068

F. Ece Özkan , Samuel Ronfard , Çağla Aydın , Bahar Köymen

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Individuals revise their beliefs based on the evidential strength of others’ claims. Unlike English, in languages such as Turkish evidential marking is obligatory; speakers must express whether their claims are based on direct observation or not. We investigated whether Turkish- and English-speaking 3- and 5-year-olds (N = 146; 72 girls; based in Turkey and Canada) differed in their belief revision after hearing claims based on direct observation, indirect observation, or inference. We found the same pattern in both linguistic groups; the 3-year-olds revised their beliefs more often when they heard claims based on direct observation and inference than on indirect observation, whereas the 5-year-olds showed no difference across different claims. By age 3, Turkish- and English-speaking children are sensitive to the strength of claims when revising their beliefs.

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讲土耳其语和英语的 3 岁儿童在修正自己的信念时对主张的证据力度很敏感

个人会根据他人主张的证据强度来修正自己的信念。与英语不同，在土耳其语等语言中，证据标记是强制性的；说话者必须表达他们的主张是否基于直接观察。我们调查了土耳其语和英语的 3-5 岁儿童（人数=146；72 名女孩；分别来自土耳其和加拿大）在听到基于直接观察、间接观察或推理的说法后，其信念修正是否有所不同。我们在两个语言组中发现了相同的模式；3 岁儿童在听到基于直接观察和推理的说法时，比听到基于间接观察的说法时更经常地修正他们的信念，而 5 岁儿童在听到不同说法时则没有表现出差异。3 岁时，讲土耳其语和英语的儿童在修正自己的信念时对说法的强度很敏感。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Experimental Child Psychology is an excellent source of information concerning all aspects of the development of children. It includes empirical psychological research on cognitive, social/emotional, and physical development. In addition, the journal periodically publishes Special Topic issues.