Thinking for themselves?: the effect of informant independence on children’s endorsement of testimony from a consensus
(2017)
Journal Article
Einav, S. (2018). Thinking for themselves?: the effect of informant independence on children’s endorsement of testimony from a consensus. Social Development, 27(1), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12264
Testimony agreement across a number of people can be a reassuring sign of a claim’s reliability. However, reliability may be undermined if informants do not respond independently. In this case, social consensus may be a result of indiscriminate copyi... Read More about Thinking for themselves?: the effect of informant independence on children’s endorsement of testimony from a consensus.