How Children and Adults Make Judgments About Who To Trust

Authors

Rachel E. DeWald, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Jennifer L. Rennels, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Kindy Insouvanh, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Description

"Beauty is Good Stereotype": Higher attractive individuals are thought to be more intelligent, more successful, and happier overall. They also obtain more visual attention and are deemed more trustworthy.

Making a choice based on a person's appearance and attributes might lead to dangerous consequences and lead to being deceived.

We investigated how the appearance of male and female experts influence whether children and adults trust statements made by the expert, establish what that expert knows and determine that expert's attributes (warmth and competence). The results of this study will help us better determine what cues children and adults use when making trustworthiness decisions.

Publication Date

Spring 4-27-2022

Language

English

Keywords

Child psychology; Cognition in children;

Disciplines

Child Psychology

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pdf

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1200 KB

Comments

Faculty Mentor: Jennifer L. Rennels

Recommended Citation

DeWald, Rachel E.; Rennels, Jennifer L.; and Insouvanh, Kindy, "How Children and Adults Make Judgments About Who To Trust" (2022). Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters. 86.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/durep_posters/86

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