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Exp Psychol ; 65(1): 1-12, 2018 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29415646

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Adults and children use information about expertise to infer what a person is likely to know, but it is unclear whether they realize that expertise also has implications for learning. We explore adults' and children's understanding that expertise in a particular category supports learning about a closely related category. In four experiments, 5-year-olds and adults (n = 160) judged which of two people would be better at learning about a new category. When faced with an expert and a nonexpert, adults consistently indicated that expertise supports learning in a closely related category; however, children's judgments were inconsistent and were strongly influenced by the description of the nonexpert. The results suggest that although children understand what it means to be an expert, they may judge an individual's learning capacity based on different considerations than adults.


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Comprehension/physiology , Learning , Adolescent , Adult , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Knowledge , Male , Young Adult
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