Children use nonverbal cues to make inferences about social power.
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SUBMITTER: Brey E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4795924 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan-Feb
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Children use nonverbal cues to make inferences about social power.
Brey Elizabeth E Shutts Kristin K
Child development 20141217 1
Four studies (N = 192) tested whether young children use nonverbal information to make inferences about differences in social power. Five- and six-year-old children were able to determine which of two adults was "in charge" in dynamic videotaped conversations (Study 1) and in static photographs (Study 4) using only nonverbal cues. Younger children (3-4 years) were not successful in Study 1 or Study 4. Removing irrelevant linguistic information from conversations did not improve the performance o ...[more]
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