Hello,

While talking about Piaget's studies on conservation in Intro Psych today I
said, "The experimenter asks the child which one has more." One student
wanted to know if the experimenter ever asked the child the question in a
different way such as, "Is there any difference in the amount?" or "Are they
the same?"  I said, "I don't think so." Several student's in the class felt
that by asking the child, "Which one has more," the experimenter was setting
the child up to make a mistake.  Was the question asked in different ways?
Does it matter how the question is asked?  Do you have any ideas I can use
to discuss this with my students?  Thank you, Laura

Laura Valvatne, Ph.D.
Shasta College
11555 Old Oregon Trail
Redding, CA 96049
(530) 225-4954
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