Children’s accent-based inferences depend on geographic background
| Autor: | Drew Weatherhead, Katherine S. White, Ori Friedman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Geography Verbal Behavior media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Social preferences 050105 experimental psychology Friendship Social cognition Child Preschool Stress (linguistics) Speech Perception Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Female 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Cognitive psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 175:108-116 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0965 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jecp.2018.05.004 |
| Popis: | Young children make inferences about speakers based on their accents. Here, we show that these accent-based inferences are influenced by information about speakers’ geographic backgrounds. In Experiment 1, 4- to 6-year-olds (N = 60) inferred that a speaker would be more likely to have the same cultural preferences as another speaker with the same accent than a speaker with a different accent; in Experiment 2 (N = 90), children made similar inferences about speakers’ friendship preferences. Critically, in both experiments, children were less likely to make accent-based inferences when they were told that the speakers all came from different places (both experiments) or from the same place (Experiment 2). These results suggest that young children’s accent-based inferences hinge on information about geographic background and provide insight into how and why children make accent-based inferences. These findings are also the first to show that young children use accent to infer other people’s social preferences. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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