Babies are much smarter than we think, in many ways, just as intelligent as grown-ups. Trying to understand this analogy, Alison Gopnik explains this unique philosophical character of children using research and lab experiments. Many parents often try to figure out what their babies think about by guessing what they might need. Well, below are some conducted research and claims by Alison about what babies think.
In the video, there is the claim that 18-month-old babies compared to 15-month-old babies have discovered a profound fact about human nature; insinuating that children learn more and are aware of their environment at a very tender age. In a close proof t this fact, Alison used Broccoli and goldfish crackers for the experiment. Obviously, babies and most adults like crackers more than broccoli. Testing both 15 and 18-month old babies, she pretended half the time to like broccoli more than cookies and crackers more than broccoli the rest of the time. The test was to figure out if the baby would give her what she liked or what they liked. Remarkably, the 18-month-old babies gave her exactly what she loved whereas the 15-month-old babies would blankly stare and after a while give her what they loved, goldfish crackers!
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As advanced in the video, there seems to be a relationship between the length of time that childhood species has and how their big brains are compared to their bodies. Research on crows and the domestic chicken was carried out to prove this claim. Crow birds are known for their intelligence and adaptability in the same family as ravens and rooks. On the other hand, domestic hens/chickens are dumb and are only known for pecking grain. Interestingly, fledglings (baby crows) depend on their parents for one to two years quite more extended than other bird species; chicken inclusive. The same thing happens to babies, the extended period of childhood than other species is the reason behind their extra-ordinary sharp brains nature.
The third claim in the video is that babies’ brains seem to be the most potent learning computer on the planet. An example of a four-year-old apparently exploring Reverend Thomas Bayes hypothesis testing showed that four-year-olds are better at finding an unlikely hypothesis than adults when tested using the exact task. Christine Legare used the Blicket detector to prove this fact. She showed that simple child games were experiments confirming the hypothesis. Using the Blicket detector, the four-year-old was able to test five hypotheses in just two minutes! This, in support, shows how conscious babies are compared to adults. Having a more comprehensive focus, an ability to learn more about more different things than adults do and captivated by anything that they think might teach them about how the world works.
