“Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species,” says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her research explores the sophisticated intelligence-gathering and decision-making that babies are really doing when they play.
Please watch Alison Gopnik’s Ted Talk:
What do babies think? Links to an external site.
Discussion questions:
What were the main points of the video?
What did you learn about how babies think?
Do you think that babies are more or less conscious than adults? Explain.
What is your take away from the research Gopnik presents?