Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Bjorklund, David F.
Abstract
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.
Extent
74 p.
Recommended Citation
Sellers, Patrick D II, "Keeping an eye on cheaters: cognitive and social determinates of successful deontic reasoning in preschool children" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 1252.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/1252
Identifier
FA00004464
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.