Science in Action at MOXI

University of California Santa Barbara, Science in Action invites guests to play, participate, or watch live research highlighting the science of child development.

How to help? In this research game, your child (3-12) will hear a story about a character who needs an object. The character will ask their classmate to give them the object. The classmate will know that the requested object is actually broken. We are interested in whether children think the classmate is likely to help by giving the broken object (which was directly requested) or by giving a non-broken version (which was not requested). That is, do children expect people to oblige requests even if the requested action may not be very helpful? Or, do they think that people will help others reach their goals even if it means not following an exact request? We are also interested in whether these expectations shift based on the relationships between the characters in the story as well as their goals.

When we will be here:

From April 6th through June 9th, we will be here every Saturday from 10am-1pm and every Sunday from 11am-2pm

(Vanessa Sida, Lily Weiss, Emily Yau at MOXI Star War Day - May 4th Event)