USC Dornsife psychologist Henrike Moll studies how children “see” adults.
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Psychology’s Henrike Moll shakes up long-held beliefs about what makes kids tick. Want to play?
Jean Piaget, considered the founding father of child psychology, long touted the egocentrism of the child. Toddlers are self-interested and don’t consider the other person, he said.
But USC Dornsife child development expert Henrike Moll, assistant professor of psychology, begs to differ, pointing to multiple studies she’s done that highlight a much different conclusion.
In this audio story, 3-year-old Alea illustrates some of Moll’s findings, demonstrating that perhaps small children are much more connected than we ever believed.