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IIRC if you repeat it 1000 times the adults can start to figure out the rules. Kids are quicker at solving totally novel problems where pre-existing knowledge a
by wisty 5y ago
IIRC if you repeat it 1000 times the adults can start to figure out the rules. Kids are quicker at solving totally novel problems where pre-existing knowledge actually makes it harder, but adults are usually capable of figuring out their priors are bad if they have enough time. The exception is when they don't have good feedback, and are satisficing (their mistake isn't so bad that they realise they need to keep working on the solution).
- notahacker 5y agoBecause the "trap" was a local optimum for solving the problem adults would probably only figure out they were applying the wrong rule if you told them their score was low. But they'd figure it out pretty quickly if you did... Skimming the study, it seems like the kids' ability to learn the correct rule by "exploring" was cancelled out in some of their tests by their ability to completely forget it when new [irrelevant] information was introduced in the form making the objects a different colour Also kids aren't guaranteed to catch up adult scores if they're more likely to lose motivation. We're talking about a study that noted it excluded a participant who "refused to continue after seeing the sad face" :D
- Jensson 5y ago> Also kids aren't guaranteed to catch up adult scores if they're more likely to lose motivation Those kids would of course grow up to become adults with all the knowledge gained from the exploration but without any of the costs of exploring further, that is how the kids strategy becomes the winning one.