Two‐year‐olds use adults' but not peers' points |
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| Authors: | Gregor Kachel Richard Moore Michael Tomasello |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany;2. Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany;3. Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt‐Universit?t zu Berlin, Germany;4. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, North Carolina, USA |
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| Abstract: | In the current study, 24‐ to 27‐month‐old children (N = 37) used pointing gestures in a cooperative object choice task with either peer or adult partners. When indicating the location of a hidden toy, children pointed equally accurately for adult and peer partners but more often for adult partners. When choosing from one of three hiding places, children used adults’ pointing to find a hidden toy significantly more often than they used peers’. In interaction with peers, children's choice behavior was at chance level. These results suggest that toddlers ascribe informative value to adults’ but not peers’ pointing gestures, and highlight the role of children's social expectations in their communicative development. |
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