I'm not a little kid anymore! Reciprocal social influence in child-adult interaction.

ABSTRACT: Human decisions are often influenced by others' opinions. This process is regulated by social norms: for instance, we tend to reciprocate the consideration received from others, independently of their reliability as information sources. Nonetheless, no study to date has investigated whether and how reciprocity modulates social influence in child-adult interaction. We tested 6-, 8- and 10-year-old children in a novel joint perceptual task. A child and an adult experimenter made perceptual estimates and then took turns in making a final decision, choosing between their own and partner's response. We manipulated the final choices of the adult partner, who in one condition chose often the child's estimates, whereas in another condition tended to confirm her own response. Results reveal that 10

SUBMITTER: Zonca J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8385353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature