Developmental Psychology
2025-08-07 @ 18.02.45 ∈ In English
Why do children take things so literally?
This literal phase does not stem from an inability to comprehend non-literal language, such as metaphors and irony. "But the developmental phase often leads them to prefer clear and precise communication," says [Ingrid Lossius Falkum, professor of linguistics and philosophy of communication at UiO.]
2024-04-26 @ 16.14.36 ∈ Suomeksi
2023-12-21 @ 13.24.32 ∈ In English
At what point does the Santa myth become a harmful deception? | Psyche Ideas
The adults who remembered feeling the worst were at an older age when they learned about Santa, they tended to have found out abruptly, and from another person, rather than figuring it out on their own. Yet a similar number of children, and around 13 per cent of adults, recalled experiencing positive emotions upon learning Santa wasn’t real.