Australia city Santa Claus people liking life character Australia city Santa Claus

Kids Have More Nuanced Idea of Reality Than Once Thought

Reading now: 704
psychcentral.com

PLOS ONE, is one of the first studies to look at how children evaluate different types of non-real people or figures relative to one another, as well as in comparison to real people.“What we show is that children tend to have a nuanced understanding of reality, more so than many expect, and we show it across a ‘pantheon’ of figures who naturally vary in their degree of ‘reality’ and cultural support.

We argue that rituals are a particularly potent signal for kids when it comes to accepting things like Santa Claus as real,” write the authors.For the study, the researchers asked 176 Australian children (ages 2 to 11) to rate how real they considered thirteen different figures (ranging from real people like The Wiggles to more ambiguous.

Read more on psychcentral.com
The website mental.guide is an aggregator of articles from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the article if you find it unreliable.

Related articles

DMCA