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Accepted: 31 October 2023

First Online: 10 November 2023

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: The authors whose names are listed above certify that they have NO affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent licensing arrangements), or non- financial interest (such as personal or Professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.

: Parents of participants sign following consent letter.This study conduct by Prof. Dr. Hüseyin KOTAMAN from Harran University. The purpose of this study is to examine children’s preference for interpersonal and epistemic trust between two agents, one actually displayed a trustworthy action and other just provided testimony about being a trustworthy person. If you agree participation of your child to the study you child will encounter with two research assistants. One of the assistant will display trustworthy action by not lending her friends possesion to another person and other assistant will read your child a short story about trustworthy person and will tell your child that she is a trustworthy person too. After these encounters another research assistant will show pictures of three unfamiliar geometrical shapes one by one, will give following instructions and will ask your child: “Do you know the name of this shape? (If the child provided a response, the assistant told him or her that “it is not called that”) I do not know, either.” Then, she pointed to the pictures of the two research assistants that the child had met before for the <i>verbal and action</i> sessions and provided the following instruction: “Maybe these sisters can help us. Which one would you like to ask the name of this shape?” 1) When your parents are not at home which one of these (pointing pictures of two assistants) two you would like to stay with? 2) Suppose that you are going somewhere that you cannot take your favorite toy with you. To whom would you like to leave your favorite toy? (if child provides responses such as I leave it to my mom, the third research assistant points at the photos of assistants and asks “Which of these two would you like to leave your toy?”) 3) If these two sisters (assistants) promise you something which one do you think would keep her promise? Your child will be informed that s/he can quit the study whenever s/he wants to. If you accept participation of your child to the study please sing below.