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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Mind, I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute?
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2 .Next time a three-year old tells you what to do you might want to listen.
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3 .Because three-year-olds can recognize when we adults are doing something counterproductive and are keen to help us find a better way.
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4 .That's according to new research in the journal Developmental Psychologyl.
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5 .Scientists had 58 three-year-olds examine several functional and nonfunctional objects.
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6 .Like a real phone and a toy phone, or a working marker and a dried-up marker.
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7 .Then the researcher would say something like, "I need to make a phone call, can you get me the phone."
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8 .Sometimes the researcher would point to a real phone and other times point to the toy phone.
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9 .The children would consistently bring over the functional item, regardless of whether the researcher pointed to it or asked specifically for it.
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10 .In contrast, when they were told the item would just be thrown out, they'd bring either the nonfunctional or functional object.
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11 .And in the case when any object would do, such as something that could act as a paperweight, the children brought either the fake one or the real one.
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12 .Ultimately the children focused on the end goal and deliberately choose the best item, as opposed to what was instructed of them.
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13 .A good reminder for us adults.
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14 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Mind. I'm Christie Nicholson.
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