Children's Judgments of Cultural Expertise: The Influence of Cultural Status and Learning Method

The Journal of Genetic Psychology
Kimberly E Marble, Janet J Boseovski

Abstract

The authors investigated children's use of cultural status (i.e., foreign vs. American) and learning method to evaluate informants' expertise in novel cultural practices. Ninety-six 6- to 9-year-olds heard about a foreign informant (i.e., member of an unfamiliar out-group) and an American informant (i.e., member of the participant's in-group) who each learned about a novel cultural practice differently (i.e., from a person vs. from a book). Participants decided which informant executed the cultural practice better, which informant they would prefer to learn from, and which learning method they would want to use themselves (i.e., learning method preference). Overall, participants endorsed foreign informants over American informants and foreign informants who learned from a person were generally viewed as the preferred option for imparting information in this context. These findings suggest that during the transition to middle childhood, learning context is an important influence on children's evaluations of cultural identity and learning methods.

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