Active Information Acceptance of Children: Differences in Retraction of Information Acceptance Depending on the Discrepancy between Accepted and Observed Information and Presence or Absence of a Question
AUTHOR : 김은경, 이강이
INFORMATION : page. 17~28 / 2023 Vol.30 No.1
ABSTRACT
This study aims to investigate whether children retract their initial acceptance of unfamiliar information provided by an informant after encountering inconsistent information.
Specifically, the study examines whether the degree of inconsistency between the previously accepted information and the directly observed examples (complete inconsistency, mostly inconsistency), and whether children were exposed to questioning by an adult about their prior acceptance before being presented with the observed examples, influence children's tendency to retract their initial acceptance. The study involves 101 five-year-olds (49 boys, 52 girls) who were interviewed online as participants. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 with cross-analysis and binomial test. The results suggest that children retract their prior acceptance of information when presented with complete inconsistency, but tend to maintain their prior acceptance when there is mostly inconsistency.
Furthermore, when questioned about their prior acceptance, children tend to retract their acceptance in mostly mismatched situation. This study provides valuable insights into children's information acceptance and highlights the role of questioning in promoting active information acceptance under a specific condition.