Abstract: Not all learnings come from direct observation or personal experience, sometimes people have to learn knowledge from second-handed materials. Given information could be from multiple informants, how to distinguish and select reliable informant becomes very important. Early childhood is one of the best period for learning and selective trust appears to be a hot spot in the developmental psychology field. Studies in this filed would help researchers to understand the developmental trends of cognition and knowledge learning in early childhood. It would benefit the early education as well. Previous research indicated that preschoolers would select the informant to trust by epistemic information and social information. However, the relations between selective trust, theory of mind, and executive function remained unclear to date. Some researchers argued that selective trust was associated with theory of mind because both of them appear at age four. Other researchers thought that preschooler’s selective trust was based on executive function. The previous inconsistent results might due to the limited measurement of theory of mind and executive function, or uncontrolled language ability. In addition, lack of longitudinal data might confuse the predictive direction of these variables.

Key words: selective trust, theory of mind, executive function, preschoolers

摘要： 研究选取122名3到5岁幼儿，同时测量了选择性信任、心理理论和执行功能，并控制了幼儿的语言能力，通过追踪研究进行交叉滞后回归分析探讨了幼儿选择性信任与心理理论和执行功能之间的关联。结果表明：幼儿的选择性信任与执行功能呈显著正相关，当控制了幼儿的年龄和语言能力之后，该相关仍然显著；第一年的选择性信任可以正向预测第二年的执行功能，而第一年的执行功能不能预测第二年的选择性信任；选择性信任与心理理论之间不存在纵向的相互关联。该结果为幼儿选择性信任领域的争议提供了重要的依据支持。

关键词: 选择性信任, 心理理论, 执行功能, 幼儿