Advantage Quote by Paul Bloom
“Having kids has proven to be this amazing - for me, this amazing source of ideas of anecdotes, of examples, I can test my own kids without human subject permission, so they pilot - I pilot my ideas on them. And so it is a tremendous advantage to have kids if you're going to be a developmental psychologist.”
About This Quote
Source Book: The Anatomy of Love, 2015
Kids provide a natural, ethical laboratory for testing ideas about human behavior.
In simple terms: Kids are a safe testing ground for ideas.
Use parenting experiences to inform research.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- Designing studies
- generating hypotheses
- teaching concepts
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- What boundaries should researchers set with their own children?
- How can observations be generalized?
Ethical concerns about using children as informal test subjects.