Children and imagination are come together. When we were young what did we think about robot? In “Lessons in robotics change children’s perceptions” by Zoë Corbyn in The New York times gives me an idea that what happen when science meet art. Corinne Zimmerman, a psychologist, and Kevin devine, an engineer, conduct a research study children perception about robot. 143 children in the aged 6-10 were asked to “draw a picture of robot doing something robots often do”. At First time, most of children draw a robot as a boxy humanoid with a square head doing human-like activities with free will such as playing, watching dishes and dancing. Then the children are given information about what robot do in the real world, including a trip to see the real industrial robots. In second time, most of children drew robots as the real one like food processing or building cars; however, one child drew still drew a humanoid robot. After 3 months, children were asked to redraw robots result came out similar to the second time they draw. It seems that reality block imagination. The scientists thought that giving more information will help children to get better in their careers.
In my opinion, in childhood we have edgeless imagination, but as we grow up the lesson we learnt will put the function to our imagination to make it real. This study did not block imagination but apply it with reality.
Corbyn, Z.(2010, August 25).Lessons in robotics change children’s perceptions. The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2010 from http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19364.
I think reality is not block imagination but because question is “draw a picture of robot doing something robots often do”. This question is often do ,so children get information that about doing of robot in reality then they will draw robot in reality.I think If question is “draw a picture of robot in your mind”, resule will may difference from this news.
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