60 Minutes - Anyone see the baby thing?

EMOmamma

Did anyone else watch the baby study on 60 Minutes last night?  I thought it was really interesting.  The "liking the nice bear" made sense but I was surprised about them liking the puppet that was mean to the one that was different than them.  Thoughts?

I'll probably look up more info on this study - I'm curious about the size of the sample groups, if there was any control group, etc. 

Link - https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57551557/babies-help-unlock-the-origins-of-morality/

 

BlueRidge8

EllaHella:

I watched it and it was interesting.

My only issue was that they used a bright orange kitty and a dull gray kitty.  The bright orange kitty was the one that picked on the "different" puppet.  The bright color v dull color has the potential to sway a small infant in choosing a puppet. 

I am very critical of studies and critique little things like that.  I am a cynic, I suppose. 

Agreed. But then I didn't think some of the comparing puppets were different enough. I had a hard time remembering if it was the elephant in the yellow gray shirt being mean or the elephant in the blue gray shirt. I guess they kept them in the hand corresponding with the side of the scene they were in?

missymo

EllaHella:

I watched it and it was interesting.
My only issue was that they used a bright orange kitty and a dull gray kitty.nbsp; The bright orange kitty was the one that picked on the "different" puppet.nbsp; The bright color v dull color has the potential to sway a small infant in choosing a puppet.nbsp;
I am very critical of studies and critique little things like that.nbsp; I am a cynic,nbsp;I suppose.nbsp;

I only watched a little of it, but I thought the same thing as well! I always default to cynicism with studies like this.

ATMmom324

I was just about to post about this.  It was very interesting and in some ways made me a little sad that babies already want people who aren't like them treated baldy from such an early age.

EMOmamma

EllaHella:

I watched it and it was interesting.

My only issue was that they used a bright orange kitty and a dull gray kitty.  The bright orange kitty was the one that picked on the "different" puppet.  The bright color v dull color has the potential to sway a small infant in choosing a puppet. 

I am very critical of studies and critique little things like that.  I am a cynic, I suppose. 

I was thinking the same thing that's why I want to look up more info.  I'm hoping they just showed one situation but switched the "bad" and "good" puppets around.  Same with the blue shirt vs the yellow shirt on the bear.  

For the control group I was wondering if they had both puppets be nice to see if the kids picked them 50:50 or if it was skewed towards a color.