Humans acquire much of their knowledge from the testimony of other people. An
understanding of the way that information can be conveyed via gesture and vocalization is …

Much of children's knowledge is derived not from their direct experiences with the
environment but rather from the input of others. However, until recently, the focus in studies …

In this article, we integrate two constructionist approaches—the theory of constructed
emotion and rational constructivism—to introduce several novel hypotheses for …

Although psychologists have paid scant attention to the sense of obligation as a distinctly
human motivation, moral philosophers have identified two of its key features: First, it has a …

We adults could scarcely find our way in the world, either literally or metaphorically, if no one
told us anything. Imagine planning a journey to a distant city you've never visited before …

Young children readily act on information from adults, setting aside their own prior
convictions and even continuing to trust informants who make claims that are manifestly …

In two experiments, children aged 3, 4 and 5 years (N= 61) were given conflicting
information about the names and functions of novel objects by two informants, one a familiar …

A wealth of human knowledge is acquired by attending to information provided by other
people–but some people are more credible sources than others. In two experiments, we …

In a longitudinal study of attachment, children (N= 147) aged 50 and 61 months heard their
mother and a stranger make conflicting claims. In 2 tasks, the available perceptual cues …

Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of classic tensions concerning the fundamental
nature of human knowledge and the processes underlying its acquisition. This tension …