What is biased? Children’s strategies or the structure of yes/no questions?  

Oleh:

Mehrani, Mehdi B.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: First Language (Full Text) vol. 31 no. 2 (May 2011), page 214–221.
Topik: children’s responses; question format; suggestibility load; yes/no question
Fulltext: p. 214-221.pdf (193.01KB)

Isi artikel

The present study was conducted to investigate whether Iranian preschoolers display a bias in their responses to both affirmative and negative yes/no questions. The sample comprised 168 2-to 6-year-old children, who were asked a set of yes/no questions about eight everyday objects. The results showed that children of different ages are influenced differently by the question format. The findings suggest that yes/no questions carry some suggestibility load and impose some restrictions upon children’s responses. The influence of yes/no questions seems to grow weaker as children develop. Nevertheless, the use of such questions may affect task outcomes, especially when used with younger children.

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