Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
15
Number
1
Page Numbers
pages 22-30
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2009
Abstract
The illusion of transparency, the tendency for people to overestimate how obvious their internal states appear to outside observers, was examined in 25 school-age children. While previous researchers studied undergraduate participants, we aimed to expand the developmental literature by investigating whether children exhibit the illusion of transparency in the same manner as undergraduates. We presented each child with three pleasant-tasting drinks and two unpleasant-tasting drinks. Two undergraduate observers and the children rated facial expressions after each sip. Our results supported our hypothesis with no illusion of transparency for the unpleasant drinks; however, an illusion was found for the pleasant drinks. The children's inability to follow display rules may explain the absence of the illusion of transparency for the unpleasant condition.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
9 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 15 no. 1 2009
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
Benedetti, A. A.; Dawson, C. L.; Staranko, S. L.; Swanson, E. A.; and Horton, J. J.
(2009)
"The effect of display rules on illusion of transparency in children,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 15:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol15/iss1/4
Department
Dept. of Psychology