Carolyn M. Palmquist

Preschoolers use exploratory approaches to selective social learning.

Preschoolers evaluate many cues when making inferences about others (Harris et al., 2018). It is unclear whether children's understanding of inference-making is sophisticated enough that they alsoseek outthe most relevant cues for making specific inferences. Here, we tasked 4- and 5-year-olds and adults with a modified...