BABIES ARE INNATELY MEAN

PSYCHOLOGY NEWS

 

Babies love those who punish those who are different from them. 

A study by University of British Columbia psychologist Kiley Hamlin proves that babies as young as nine months old side with those they identify with, and support the punishment of those they don't.

 

The experiment starts with kids choosing either graham crackers or green beans from bowls and then watching puppets that pretend to like one food or the other. Sitting on their mothers' laps, they see a series of short skits in which one of the first puppets bounces a ball that slips out of its grasp.

 

In one scenario, a new puppet helps out by giving the ball back. In another, the new puppet steals the ball and disappears — a dastardly deed by baby standards. Afterward, seventy-five per cent of nine-month-olds and 100 per cent of 14-month-olds reached out to touch the puppet that helped their food friend.

 

But here comes the shocking surprise: Among those babies who saw the skit with the puppet who preferred a different food — the outsider — all of the 14-month-olds and 81 per cent of the nine-month-olds reached out to the puppet that was mean to it.

Read more here:
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Babies+choose+sides+before+they+speak+study+concludes+with+video/8085716/story.html


WE ALSO NEED TO QUESTION THE ROLE "EDUCATIONAL" PUPPET SHOWS PLAY IN SHAPING THE MIND OF CHILDREN.

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