Who to Tell?

For English-speaking children 8 and 9 years of age

You and your child will see and hear four short stories about children. After each story, your child will be asked who a character wants to tell something to.

We're interested in whether children recognize that help may not always be beneficial, and that sometimes the act of offering help might imply something negative about the person in need of help. Findings from this study will help us better understand if children recognize that an offer of help might insinuate something negative about the competence or capabilities of the person in need of help.

15 minutes

After you finish the study, we will email you a $5 Amazon.com gift card and certificate of participation within ten days. If you are unable to access Amazon.com from where you live, please let us know via email and we can send you a gift card that will work in your country. To be eligible for the gift card and certificate, (1) your child must be in the age range for this study, (2) English is (one of) your child's first language(s), (3) you need to submit a valid consent statement, and (4) we need to see that there is a child with you during the experiment. If you or your child do not wish to complete the entire study or for some reason we are unable to use your child's data, we will still send you and your child a gift card. Each child is eligible to participate to receive a gift card only once.