How do they feel?

For 8-10-year-old children

Your child will hear short stories about people experiencing an event, and will be asked to predict how the people feel. For example, they will hear a story about a girl wanting a snack. They will be asked, "How does Kate feel?" and they can respond using the happy face scale provided.

The ability to predict how other people feel is important for children’s social lives. In this study, we will tell your child some stories about people wanting a snack. We are interested in how your child predicts the people’s emotions. This study will help us learn how children understand other people’s emotions!

10 minutes

After you finish the study, we will email you a US$5 or CA$7 Amazon.com gift card within approximately one to seven days. To be eligible for the gift card, (1) your child must be in the age range for this study, (2) you need to submit a valid consent statement, and (3) we need to see that there is a child with you during the experiment. But we will send a gift card even if you do not finish the whole study or we are not able to use your child's data. Each child can only participate in this study once.