The following test is egocentrism. This test was first performed by Jean Piaget in which he placed to scenes on either side of a mountain. You then ask the child what they see on their side of the mountain then ask them to look at the other side. They go back and you ask what is on the other side. I did not have the time or resources to make a mountain so I used my laptop and an iPad. “Their” side had an ocean scene and “my” side had an outer space scene. Luckily, both of my children were able to identify what they saw on their side. Sophia though could not remember what my side had so she looked down and repeated what she saw on her side. Dom looked at me and not only remembered the outer space scene but also remembered the exact amount of
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When it was presented to me I even had to stop and think about the question. For this test you need a picture, I used one that had six dogs and five cats. Then you ask the question “are there more dogs or animals?”. If they aren’t paying attention they can miss the purpose of this question altogether. I presented this picture to Sophia and asked her the question. She looked at me as if she didn’t understand the question. So, I repeated myself and she said animals. I present the same picture to Dom. He had the same approach: look at the picture, look at me, and then he answered. He answered that there were more dogs than there were animals.
The final test, the most challenging test, in my opinion, the marshmallow test. A simple test where you place a marshmallow in front of the child and tell them that they can eat the marshmallow now or wait ten minutes and get a second one. I did this with chocolate instead of marshmallows because that’s what my kids liked better. I wish I could both say they passed but unfortunately they did not. It makes more sense for Sophia to fail since she was the younger child. Dom though did not have the self-control to make it through the whole ten minutes. He lasted longer than Sophia but did not earn the second
When it was presented to me I even had to stop and think about the question. For this test you need a picture, I used one that had six dogs and five cats. Then you ask the question “are there more dogs or animals?”. If they aren’t paying attention they can miss the purpose of this question altogether. I presented this picture to Sophia and asked her the question. She looked at me as if she didn’t understand the question. So, I repeated myself and she said animals. I present the same picture to Dom. He had the same approach: look at the picture, look at me, and then he answered. He answered that there were more dogs than there were animals.
The final test, the most challenging test, in my opinion, the marshmallow test. A simple test where you place a marshmallow in front of the child and tell them that they can eat the marshmallow now or wait ten minutes and get a second one. I did this with chocolate instead of marshmallows because that’s what my kids liked better. I wish I could both say they passed but unfortunately they did not. It makes more sense for Sophia to fail since she was the younger child. Dom though did not have the self-control to make it through the whole ten minutes. He lasted longer than Sophia but did not earn the second