Preschool, Psychology And How Even Young Kids Use Statistics
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 11:42
in Psychology & Sociology
Children are natural psychologists and by the time they reach preschool they understand that other people have desires, preferences, beliefs, and emotions too. Exactly how they learn this isn't clear but a new study says that one way children figure out another's preferences is by using a topic you'd think they won't formally encounter until college: statistics. In one experiment, children aged 3 and 4 saw a puppet named "Squirrel" remove five toys of the same type from a container full of toys and happily play with them. Across the children, the toys that Squirrel removed were the same (for example, all five were blue flowers). What varied, however, were the contents of the container. read more