Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz @laurasn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026In a previous study, Tadeg found that adults are good at rationally searching for information that helps them glean to what extent a partner will sacrifice her own rewards in order to benefit them (i.e., the partner's welfare-tradeoff ratio, WTR). 100
Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz @laurasn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Are children also rational social info-seekers? We adapted Tadeg's task to see whether kids understand which of a partner's decision outcomes are most informative about the partner's generosity (=WTR). 100
Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz @laurasn.bsky.social · 16/05/2026They played a game with a puppet, Kiki, who could allocate star tokens - either take them herself or give them to the child. Kids saw the distribution options, but not the outcomes. Sometimes these were easy to guess: e.g., would Kiki sacrifice 15 stars in order to share a measly 3? Probably not. 100
