masterstghm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You are wrong.

masterstghm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The questioning wasn't neutral, as many people already said!

persona19 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't even know if the child understood if the water in the two glasses was equal to begin with, they just answer for her.

boredtodeath88 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yeah we did this experiment in my class, and the child was 7, and he kept saying that they didnt have the same amount of water, even though it was like one millimeter of difference in the glasses, so we had to measure it, and put some more water, hahaha it was funny

STHsuperMovies07 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I agree I thought children would pick the taller glass when I first heard of the experiment, but my psychology teacher told me otherwise. And that women didn't seem to influence the child. When the child pointed to the row of smarties she didn't answer because she was unsure. The women seemed to influence her to say it was right. (At least thats what I think). When watching it again I heard the child say that the glasses of water was the same amount, but she changed her mind.

boredtodeath88 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yeah, but she thought the short glass had more water because it was wider, its just interesting because usually kids in this stage pick the tall glass instead of the short one. also the woman in the video has some influence because she keeps making comments that will lead the girl to choose what the woman wants not what the little girl thinks its the answer.

STHsuperMovies07 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

But they asked for the amount of water not the width. It was the same amount of water in both.

mealz313 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yeah talk about unfair testing, she was leading the little girl.

boredtodeath88 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yeah maybe she judged on how wide the short glass was

boredtodeath88 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

the chick kept on implying answers, when she told the girl at the beginning "they have the same number right"