Can You Catch the Star From Toys?

For 5 year olds.

This study will take place on a video call. During this video call, our researcher will lead an interactive puppet game for your child while they answering some questions about the toys. Your child will look at toys that are familiar (airplanes, gold fish) or unfamiliar (giant pearl, slim-made shapes) and answer questions about where a puppet could expect a star hiding behind the toys. Your child will be invited to search for the star together with our researchers, and in the end your child will have a free time to harvest the starts as many as they want!

Clicking on the “Schedule a time to participate” button will send you to an online calendar where you can select a date and time that works for you.

As adults, we make educated guesses about how broadly our linguistic knowledge is shared by other people engaging in the conversation.​ This study aims to learn how children make guesses about the knowledge of their conversational partners, and specifically, if children understand that the interlocutor may share or may not share their newly learned linguistic knowledge.

Less than 10 minutes

After completing this session, your child would receive a $5 Amazon gift card (electronically deposited through email to your Amazon account) and a Child Scientist Certificate as a token of our appreciation for you participating in our study.