Pedagogical Sampling
Child is shown how a novel toy works by either (a) a pedagogical demonstrator who frames the action as deliberate instruction or (b) a non-pedagogical demonstrator. Children's subsequent exploration is measured: pedagogical demonstration narrows exploration to the demonstrated function, whereas non-pedagogical demonstration leaves exploration broad. Used to study how children infer the informativeness of evidence under pedagogical assumptions.
- Developmental
- Reasoning
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Key references
- Bonawitz, E., Shafto, P., Gweon, H., Goodman, N. D., Spelke, E., & Schulz, L. (2011). The double-edged sword of pedagogy: Instruction limits spontaneous exploration and discovery. Cognition, 120(3), 322-330. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2010.10.001