Our Own Piaget Experiment

[megalodonkiss]

you're not supposed to do it with flash cards. it supposed to be with 3 dimensional objects.

[NRfun]

haha, I have to learn this to now. I'm gonna be a social worker if I'm done with my school.

[ZeroSteel45]

some one call the pedo bear lol 

[JebusJack]

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[cronin098]

That is a little weird. Piaget's tests showed children falling for that up to about age 7 or 8.

I still remember the day our grade 1 class heard the "Which weighs more between a ton of rocks and a ton of feathers?" We were so blown away. Maybe she's heard brain teasers like that before.

[Houzay168]

How old was the little girl?

[paperthrower]

she was 5 at the time.

[hordolmer]

* You mentioned "which one has more"? bigggg mistake

[royaltybros]

People don't blame Emma or any of the people that worked on the video for things in the tests. They were theories thought up by Jean Piaget so if you want to blame anyone for anything, it should be him. I'm sure Emma had no intention to influence the little girl. Also, I'm sure the girl didn't realize that the glasses were reflecting (if they even were...)

[paperthrower]

haha thank you. Also, this was only for a high school project... not to be taken too seriously.

[royaltybros]

Oh, yeah. Of course. Yeah I know. Good job! :)

[scir91]

they have such courses in HIGH SCHOOL? wow things have changed.

[paperthrower]

yeah, this was for a course called 'families and individuals in a diverse society'.

[persona19]

You're in love with Emma.

[milesmd1313]

We are doing the same thing but with Pavlovs expirement. Im ringing the bell with my dog when ever he is getting fed.

[damir666]

1. You nodded.

2. Glasses reflect.

3. The card-question pattern was repetitive

[damir666]

But yes... it was amazing :)

[LeighRollo2006]

On the playdough experiment, when you asked here if they were the same, and she answered "yes", you then questioned her. This lead her to belive that it was not the answer you were looking for. In reply, she answered "I don't know".

[roseynessthepoet]

Also- By saying: "It's really easy" after introducing that you're about to question her,aren't you manipulating her a little? I mean, you claim it's easy, so she may feel pressured into getting it correct.

And isn't saying "That was easy" A bit of a knockdown?

[paperthrower]

she was very hesistant to give any answer, I was trying to encourage her and make her feel like she could do it.

[roseynessthepoet]

By saying "What Am I looking at?" Isn't completely correct, because how is the girl supposed to know what you were looing at? Shouldn't you ask her "What do YOU see on this card?"

IT saves the hassle of a reply such as "A card" instead of the image there. I You didn't do the playdough bit correct, you're supposed to ask "Whis is bigger?" not "What has more playdough?" You'd be referring to mass there and not volume, or Am I wrong?

[paperthrower]

no, because I'm trying to see if she can comprehend what I am looking at, not what she is looking at.

[roseynessthepoet]

Hasn't that just like broke Ethical Guidlines? She's below sixteen years of age for one thing...

[mrm3at]

"they're, they're balls" also. uh. em you say "ok" a hell of a lot. and i'm pro camera styles.

[paperthrower]

I know I say "OK" because it's neutral. I'm not saying "yes" or "no" so I don't influence her.

[tgbond007]

So Ruby made ONE correct conservation judgement. So what should we conclude? The options for judgements are 1 Same; 2 Different. So a child has a 50% chance of a correct Judgement. Piaget emphasized the role of Justifications to the Conservation problem. Ask "Why?", & concrete operational thinking is evidenced by responses such as, "Coz you can just roll it back..." etc. Reversibility is the critical evidence for Concrete operational thinking. Can Ruby do that? We don't know.

[opalinefox]

Either she's very clever, or Piaget critically underestimated the cognitive capabilities of children. I know what I think..... and I also think all psychologists should be banned from inventing stage theories. But hey, it's just an opinion.

[katieado27]

how old is she?

very smart!

[paperthrower]

she was 5 at the time

[westlife90210]

Yeah i agree... dont force the answers.. let her talk just ask her questions simply without trying to get her to give the desired answer.. good video though.. she is a smart kid and good experiments

[cadi51]

she's smart

[muzazz]

try doing a single blind fold experiment... i mean she knew what was happening... try to aproach it as a game or somthing. hide the cam and make it natural... and of course change subject :) but great guys!

[volades]

its a nice video. don`t force the response. she is very smart.

[paperthrower]

I understand. We included that in our analysis of the results post-experiment.

[stewlucy]

the interview process made ruby feel intimidated and therefore was not fully involved. Ruby ended up just saying what she thought the interviewer wanted to hear to end her unpleasent experience. particularly with the playdoh balls

[blueangelarts]

i agree, it is too behavorist. the best videos are spontaneous responses with groups.  Our students are trained in Piaget methods, see their relaxed individuality.