The 3rd -grade students in Elliott's study are around 8-9 years old. According to their age in Piaget's theory, they are in the concrete operational stage. Apart from their age placing them in that stage, the children are able to think logically about the study they were under. In the class divided video the children wearing the collars were able to express their feelings, as they were less than themselves and distracted by the collars. On the first day of the study when the blue-eyed children were superior they couldn't see the brown-eyed children perspective about how they felt (egocentrism). Although egocentrism is in the pre-operational stage these children showed this until the roles were reversed they knew how it felt to be the other
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The children's self-esteem was not only increased when they were the superior group but decreased when they were the inferior group. When one group was wearing the collars their self-esteem was low and their test scores showed how low they were feeling. When the other group did not have to the collars on their self-esteem was high and so was their test scores. The collar I believe played a role in the children's self-esteem as well because when the children had to put them on the collars their attitudes about themselves changed. Even though Elliot had told them they weren't as smart as the other group or as good. Whoever were the collars that day felt a lost confidence because they were told they weren't as smart or as good as the …show more content…
In this study, the children having brown eyes was the unconditioned stimulus (US) and the unconditioned response (UR) was having no privileges. The neutral stimulus (NS) would be the collar they had to wear. The children were able to associate the two having brown eyes and having to wear the collar led them to not have any privileges. The conditioning would be Brown-eyed, Collar wearing, no privileges. When the roles were reversed the collar became the conditioned stimulus, and not having any privileges is the conditioned response
The children's self-esteem was not only increased when they were the superior group but decreased when they were the inferior group. When one group was wearing the collars their self-esteem was low and their test scores showed how low they were feeling. When the other group did not have to the collars on their self-esteem was high and so was their test scores. The collar I believe played a role in the children's self-esteem as well because when the children had to put them on the collars their attitudes about themselves changed. Even though Elliot had told them they weren't as smart as the other group or as good. Whoever were the collars that day felt a lost confidence because they were told they weren't as smart or as good as the …show more content…
In this study, the children having brown eyes was the unconditioned stimulus (US) and the unconditioned response (UR) was having no privileges. The neutral stimulus (NS) would be the collar they had to wear. The children were able to associate the two having brown eyes and having to wear the collar led them to not have any privileges. The conditioning would be Brown-eyed, Collar wearing, no privileges. When the roles were reversed the collar became the conditioned stimulus, and not having any privileges is the conditioned response