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Keeping an eye on cheaters: cognitive and social determinates of successful deontic reasoning in preschool children
- Date Issued:
- 2015
- Summary:
- Deontic reasoning is a domain of reasoning concerning permissions, obligations, and prohibitions founded on conditional logic (Wason,1968). The inclusion of a social valence to deontic rules leads to increased rule violation identification in both adults (Cosmides & Tooby, 1992) and children (Harris & Nunez, 1996), suggesting an evolutionary advantage for a specific class of reasoning known as “cheater-detection” (Fiddick, 2004). The current investigation is the first attempt to understand the cognitive and social variables that account for children’s logical reasoning advantage in social violation situations.
Title: | Keeping an eye on cheaters: cognitive and social determinates of successful deontic reasoning in preschool children. |
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Name(s): |
Sellers, Patrick D. II, author Bjorklund, David F., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Psychology |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Date Created: | 2015 | |
Date Issued: | 2015 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 74 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Deontic reasoning is a domain of reasoning concerning permissions, obligations, and prohibitions founded on conditional logic (Wason,1968). The inclusion of a social valence to deontic rules leads to increased rule violation identification in both adults (Cosmides & Tooby, 1992) and children (Harris & Nunez, 1996), suggesting an evolutionary advantage for a specific class of reasoning known as “cheater-detection” (Fiddick, 2004). The current investigation is the first attempt to understand the cognitive and social variables that account for children’s logical reasoning advantage in social violation situations. | |
Identifier: | FA00004464 (IID) | |
Degree granted: | Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015 | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
Subject(s): |
Cognitive neuroscience Cognitive psychology Deontic logic Developmental psychology Judgment (Ethics) Judgment in children Moral development Moral motivation Practical reason Reasoning in children |
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Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |