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Both actions seem to qualify as "mean to a baby" to me. Assuming the actresses agreed with me, this would cancel out the variable.
by saraid216 13y ago
Both actions seem to qualify as "mean to a baby" to me. Assuming the actresses agreed with me, this would cancel out the variable.
- gohrt 13y agoPoint is, the whole gift giving/dropping/witholding might be a red herring, and perhaps the same results could be replicated by having both people give a toy to a baby, but one acting scary and mean. And perhaps if two mannequins went through the same giving/dropping/witholding experiment, the result would not be observed. And perhaps if a smiling actress stole the toy, while a scowling actress dropped the toy, the affect would be reversed.
- hyp0 13y agoI was thinking about that, and the thing is people are often deceptive to children for their own good, as a way to handle them without upsetting them (arguably not ideal parenting but let it pass). So that, if you convince the child you really did drop it, you won't feel bad. But if you are overtly mean - it's unmistakeable that you deliberately the toy back, then it's hard to kid yourself that the baby didn't realize. Now did the baby realize? That's the whole thing we're trying to determine! I'm just saying that the actresses' model of what the baby will understand and won't will affect how they feel about it. This of course all depends on the actresses having a particular model of the baby's ability to model them.