{"pk":29840,"title":"Examining Developmental Change in Children’s Information Use","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Adults tend to make biased inferences when they are givenbase-rates that conflict with individuating information (i.e., apersonality description). More recent work has shown thatchildren rely on individuating information by the age of 6,though 4-year-olds rely more on numerical information,arguably providing the more normative response (Gualtieri &Denison, 2018). In two experiments (N = 80 per experiment),we explored age differences in 4- and 6-year-old children’sability to integrate base-rate and individuating information bymanipulating the strength of the information provided. Four-year-olds’ responses reflected more base-rate use, regardless ofthe strength of the individuating information. Six-year-oldsweighed the information at hand, showing a general preferencefor the individuating information but relying more on the base-rates when the individuating information was less informative.Though younger preschoolers may overuse base-rateinformation, with development there is an increased sensitivitytoward individuating information and weighing information.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"probabilistic reasoning; cognitive development;judgment and decision-making"}],"section":"Poster Session 2","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3bp3j1bh","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Samantha","middle_name":"","last_name":"Gualtieri","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Toronto","department":""},{"first_name":"Stephanie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Denison","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Waterloo","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2020-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/29840/galley/19694/download/"}]}