Georgina Török
Biographic Data
| ID | 5760902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georgina Török |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georgina |
| FAMILY NAME | Török |
| SIGNATURE | TÖRÖK G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Human Development |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4633-1193 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Children adapt their information search to goal and statistical structure of a problem
To be efficient, problem solvers need to be adaptive, tailoring their information search to the specific problem at hand. Across two studies, we investigated the emergence and early development of children's ability to adapt their information search to a given goal (Studies 1 and 2) and to the statistical structure of the problem space (Study 2) to maximize effectiveness. In Study 1, 3-6-year-olds ( n = 105) decided which of two cues to look up, …
Young children's adaptive partner choice in cooperation and competition contexts
Choosing adequate partners is essential for cooperation, but how children calibrate their partner choice to specific social challenges is unknown. In two experiments, 4- to 7-year-olds (N = 189, 49% girls, mostly White, data collection: 03.2021–09.2022) were presented with partners in possession of different positive qualities. Children then recruited partners for hypothetical tasks that differed with respect to the quality necessary for success.…
Smart or just lucky? Inferring question-asking competence from strategies’ efficiency versus effectiveness
Previous research shows that children evaluate the competence of others based on how effectively someone accomplished a goal, that is, based on the observed outcome of an action (e.g., number of attempts needed). Here, we investigate whether 5- to 10-year-old children and adults infer competence from how efficiently someone solves a task by implementing question-asking strategies of varying expected information gains (EIG). Whereas the efficiency…
Computing Joint Action Costs: Co-Actors Minimize the Aggregate Individual Costs in an Action Sequence
Successful performance in cooperative activities relies on efficient task distribution between co-actors. Previous research found that people often forgo individual efficiency in favor of co-efficiency (i.e., joint-cost minimization) when planning a joint action. The present study investigated the cost computations underlying co-efficient decisions. We report a series of experiments that tested the hypothesis that people compute the joint costs o…
Efficiency is prioritised over fairness when distributing joint actions
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Efficiency is prioritised over fairness when distributing joint actions
Computing Joint Action Costs: Co-Actors Minimize the Aggregate Individual Costs in an Action Sequence
Successful performance in cooperative activities relies on efficient task distribution between co-actors. Previous research found that people often forgo individual efficiency in favor of co-efficiency (i.e., joint-cost minimization) when planning a joint action. The present study investigated the cost computations underlying co-efficient decisions. We report a series of experiments that tested the hypothesis that people compute the joint costs o…
Smart or just lucky? Inferring question-asking competence from strategies’ efficiency versus effectiveness
Previous research shows that children evaluate the competence of others based on how effectively someone accomplished a goal, that is, based on the observed outcome of an action (e.g., number of attempts needed). Here, we investigate whether 5- to 10-year-old children and adults infer competence from how efficiently someone solves a task by implementing question-asking strategies of varying expected information gains (EIG). Whereas the efficiency…
Young children's adaptive partner choice in cooperation and competition contexts
Choosing adequate partners is essential for cooperation, but how children calibrate their partner choice to specific social challenges is unknown. In two experiments, 4- to 7-year-olds (N = 189, 49% girls, mostly White, data collection: 03.2021–09.2022) were presented with partners in possession of different positive qualities. Children then recruited partners for hypothetical tasks that differed with respect to the quality necessary for success.…
Children adapt their information search to goal and statistical structure of a problem
To be efficient, problem solvers need to be adaptive, tailoring their information search to the specific problem at hand. Across two studies, we investigated the emergence and early development of children's ability to adapt their information search to a given goal (Studies 1 and 2) and to the statistical structure of the problem space (Study 2) to maximize effectiveness. In Study 1, 3-6-year-olds ( n = 105) decided which of two cues to look up, …
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (2 works)