ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Epistemic Curiosity in Social Learning: Infants’ Active Information Seeking in Situations of Referential Uncertainty
- Marina Bazhydai
Lancaster University - Hannah Thomas
Lancaster University - Gert Westermann
Lancaster University - Eugenio Parise
Lancaster University
Abstract
The present study revealed that 12-months-olds reliably identify knowledgeable social partners and actively use social referencing to selectively request information from them. Social learning process thus enables infants’ epistemic curiosity aimed at closing the information gap and achieving their goals with the help of others.
Social Cognition
