Ownership and Economic Considerations in Childhood and Adolescence

Session Type: Flash Talk Session

Abstract

Presenters in this flash talk session will explore children's and adolescents' understanding of different economic considerations. Paper 1 will examine children's use of temporal cues to inform conceptions of ownership and discuss how abandonment is a particularly salient cue to ownership for both children and adults. Paper 2 will investigate children's understanding of economic constraints when inferring others' preferences and discuss children’s developing recognition of these constraints when making social inferences. Paper 3 will test how adolescents decide which peers to trust in a gambling task and discuss results showing that adolescents primarily rely on their close friends, peers they trust, and peers they think are smart, but are not swayed by popularity when deciding whom to listen to.

Sub Unit

• Social Cognition

Individual Presentations

• Time, Memory, and Perceived Strength of Ownership Claims in Children - Presenting Author: Xiaoou Jin, Boston University; Peter R. Blake, Boston University; Isabella Maehl

• Children’s Acknowledgment of Economic Constraints When Inferring Other’s Preferences - Presenting Author: Shuai Shao, University of California - San Diego; Jamie Amemiya, University of California - San Diego; Gail D Heyman, University of California - San Diego

• Social Search Strategies During Adolescence: Who do you Follow? - Presenting Author: Scarlett Slagter, University of Amsterdam; Anna Van Duijvenvoorde, Leiden University; Wouter Van den Bos, University of Amsterdam

Moderator

• Jamie Amemiya, University of California - San Diego