Two experiments investigate whether children ages 5 through 10 (n = 121) take into account an individual's role when choosing what information to share or with whom to share it. In Experiment 1, children heard statements about an unfamiliar animal's behavior and appearance. They then chose one statement to share with each of two characters with different job descriptions. Seven-year-olds consistently shared the information that aligned with each character's role, but 5-year-olds and a subset of 9-year-olds did not. Experiment 2 showed that children's decisions about what to share were not driven by their personal preferences for the information they were sharing. In addition, when children were provided with a single fact and had to choose with whom to share it, 7- and 9-year-olds shared information with the recipient for whom it was most relevant. Together, the findings suggest that by age 7, children can use information about an individual's occupational role in order to infer what information to share.

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根据接收者的角色，儿童的选择性信息共享。

两项实验研究了5至10岁（n = 121）的儿童在选择共享哪些信息或与谁共享信息时是否考虑了个人的角色。在实验1中，孩子们听到了关于陌生动物的行为和外表的陈述。然后，他们选择了一条陈述，以与两个具有不同职务说明的角色共享。7岁的孩子始终共享与每个角色的角色相关的信息，但5岁的孩子和9岁的孩子却没有。实验2表明，孩子对共享内容的决定不是由他们对共享信息的个人偏好所驱动。此外，当为儿童提供单个事实并不得不选择与谁分享时，7岁和9岁的孩子与最相关的收件人共享信息。这些发现共同表明，到7岁时，儿童可以使用有关个人职业角色的信息，以便推断出可以共享的信息。