Q 01/05

A 1993 study in Nature sparked the myth that playing babies which composer's music makes them smarter?

A) Mozart

B) Haydn

C) Beethoven

D) Vivaldi

Answer · why

A) Mozart

Mozart was the composer, though the original study found only a 15-minute boost in spatial reasoning among 36 college students. Georgia's governor lat...

Q 02/05

Walter Mischel's Stanford study of delayed gratification in preschoolers is popularly named after which sweet treat?

A) Lollipop

B) Peppermint stick

C) Marshmallow

D) Jelly bean

Answer · why

C) Marshmallow

Marshmallow gave the test its name: a child left alone with one for about 15 minutes earned a second by not eating it. Children who preferred could wa...

Q 03/05

Which children's TV show, launched in 1969, was the first to build its content around a formal curriculum?

A) Howdy Doody

B) Sesame Street

C) Romper Room

D) The Electric Company

Answer · why

B) Sesame Street

Sesame Street was also the first show whose educational effects were formally studied. Its producers had writers work alongside educators and research...

Q 04/05

Albert Bandura's 1961 study of imitated aggression had children watch an adult attack which toy?

A) Teddy bear

B) Raggedy Ann

C) Punch puppet

D) Bobo doll

Answer · why

D) Bobo doll

Bobo doll is the name of the inflatable toy the adult punched and struck with a mallet. Bandura used the results to argue that children learn by obser...

Q 05/05

Peekaboo delights young babies because they have not yet grasped which concept, first studied by Jean Piaget?

A) Cause and effect

B) Face recognition

C) The passage of time

D) Object permanence

Answer · why

D) Object permanence

Object permanence is knowing that things still exist when out of sight. Piaget tested it by hiding a favourite toy under a blanket and watching whethe...