Harvard Lab for Developmental Studies (Thomas) (Harvard University)
Who Can Participate |
For 5 to 7 year-olds. |
What Happens |
Your child will hear a series of stories about aliens and how they interact with each other. Then they will be asked to guess whether the pairs of aliens will act in the future with one another. |
What We're Studying |
The main purpose of this study is to explore how children understand different types of social relationships. Some research suggests that people all over the world relate to each other in a small number of fundamental ways, and we are interested in whether children recognize these different relationship types. |
Duration |
25 minutes |
Compensation |
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. |
This study is conducted by Ashley Thomas athomas@g.harvard.edu.