Help Mr. Blue get the object he needs!

For 2.5-7 year-olds (30-84 months)

In this study, your child will meet a character and get to ‘help’ the character by pressing buttons to open up rooms, each with different items inside. Before the study begins, your child will get a chance to learn about what happens when they press the buttons. Sometimes the character will exclaim something or show distress by crying. Then your child can ‘help’ the character by pressing the buttons to open up a room. Sometimes the room has a toy in it, sometimes there is food in it, and sometimes there is another character in it.

Young children seem to understand what others want from their own actions. They also seem motivated to help others by giving them the items they want. This study uses a video game format to test whether children have different intuitions about what kinds of things people want, such as eating food, playing with toys, or being with others. Adults experience positive emotions when they see loved ones reunite, and this research aims to investigate whether children may feel the same way.

20 minutes

To thank you for your participation, you will receive a $5 Amazon.com gift card within 2 weeks of your participation. To be eligible for the gift card, your child must be in the age range for the study, you need to provide a valid consent statement, we need to see that there is a child with you during in the video, and this needs to be the first time that your child is participating in this study. We will also ask you to provide your email at the beginning of the study so that we can send you the gift card.