"Friedman’s team presented a simple quandary to 40 preschoolers, ages 4 and 5, and to 44 adults. Participants saw an image of a cartoon boy holding a crayon who appeared above the word “user” and a cartoon girl who appeared above the word “owner.” After hearing from an experimenter that the girl wanted her crayon back, volunteers were asked to rule on which cartoon child should get the prized object.
About 75 percent of 4- and 5-year-olds decided in favor of the owner, versus about 20 percent of adults."
That sounds pretty surprising to me. Only 1 in 5 adults thinks the owner should be able to ask for their stuff back? The time frame between asking for the crayon back and getting it back also seems like an important factor they didn't specify. Asking for something back immediately when the other person is using it is different from asking for it in a moment or when they are done and would get different levels of support.
"In a final experiment that presented two cartoon adults, one using a cell phone that the other owned, most 4-year-olds but only a minority of adults declared that the device should be returned to its owner even before the borrower had a chance to use it."
I don't really get that question. The person who borrowed the cell phone is already using it so how can they be asked to return it before using it?
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Pokemon VGC2011 NW Regional - Top 8
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