homework 4 Flashcards
What reason is given in lecture for why false belief tasks can be so hard for children?
They require ignoring information the child knows to be true
Which of the following is a piece of evidence from lecture that suggests early development of moral intuitions?
Infants spontaneously help people starting just after their first birthday
In the interview with Kang Lee, what is both responsible for the difficulty that young have with lying, but also is the ultimate reason for the bulk of their lies?
Young children have poor executive function
According to Dr. Kang Lee, which of the following might help you predict variability in how much children lie?
nothing can help predict it
Young children judge that being generous in ________ is nicer than being generous in ________. Why?
public; private. Because more people will see & know that they are kind
What is the main idea of the False Belief task?
To test whether children understand that people with different experiences have different beliefs
According to the videos, what is the basis of morality within Freudian theory?
Morality is imposed on the individual by society
The implicit attitudes task finds that:
Both adults and children respond faster when pairing positive words to their in-group members
According to the videos, why might kids get the impression that parents care more about their material success than becoming a well-adjusted, moral, and happy person?
Material success doesn’t buy happiness, but can reduce barriers
The lectures distinguish two ingredients of compassion: caring about other people, and guessing what they think. When does each capacity appear to develop in kids?
Caring earlier, guessing thoughts later
When do children’s responses on measures of explicit bias begin to diverge from their responses on measures of implicit bias?
Around age 10
According to the videos, why do 2-year-olds seem to behave so badly?
They often have adult-like moral intuitions, but can’t suppress urges
According to Prof Barner, why is the mountain task limited in its ability to measure Theory of Mind?
It requires difficult spatial reasoning that is not needed for other tests of Theory of Mind.
Nora has been told that her aunt really likes the color blue. When asked to choose a present for her aunt from a range of colors, Nora picks one of her own favorite colors, red. How old is Nora likely to be?
2 years
How did Dr. Karen Wynn measure babies’ preference for good or bad behavior, in the study described in the press article?
She recorded which puppet babies reached toward or looked at
