Social Learning and Information Processing

Session Type: Flash Talk Session

Abstract

Presenters in this flash talk session will discuss how children modulate their social information processing, learning, and teaching based on others' knowledge and maturity. Paper 1 aimed to identify sub-groups of children based on their social information processing (SIP) using latent profile analyses, finding that children tended to fall into one of three profiles: Inept, Prosocial-Competent, and Aggressive. Paper 2 examined selectivity in toddlers' help seeking behavior, finding that 2-years-old's already held preferences regarding whom they learn specific information from. Paper 3 investigated children's ability to modulate their teaching as a function of the learner's maturity, finding significant development in children's ability to adapt their teaching to a learner's maturity level between 5- and 7-years-old. Paper 4 tested the effectiveness of reading a storybook about dementia on improving children's knowledge and attitudes about people with dementia, finding that storybooks provided an effective way to educate children about dementia.

Sub Unit

• Social Cognition

Individual Presentations

• What SIP are you? Social Information Processing Profiles among Kindergartners - Presenting Author: Reout Arbel, University of Haifa; Yair Ziv, University of Haifa; Amanda Czik

• Two-Year-Olds Selectively Seek Help in the Context of Problem-Solving - Presenting Author: Alexandra Raport, University of Southern California; Canan Ipek, University of Southern California; Joanna Park, University of Southern California; Kevin Ma; Henrike Moll, University of Southern California

• Know Thy Audience: Children Teach Basic or Complex Facts Depending on Their Listener’s Maturity - Presenting Author: Fanxiao Wani Qiu, University of Southern California; Canan Ipek, University of Southern California; Elizabeth Pendley Gottesman, University of Southern California; Henrike Moll, University of Southern California

Moderator

• Henrike Moll, University of Southern California