Anthony J Monroe @anthonyjmonroe.com · 17/05/2024We asked children how much they were interested in five science and five non-science topics, and parents judged their children's level of interest in the same topics. 110 0
Anthony J Monroe @anthonyjmonroe.com · 17/05/2024Overall, parents showed some accuracy in judging their children's interests. However, they were more accurate when judging non-science topics, and they tended to *underestimate* children's interest in science topics. 110 0
Anthony J Monroe @anthonyjmonroe.com · 17/05/2024We did find a source of bias in parents though: Parents who held more positive attitudes toward science themselves judged their children to be more interested in science (and vice-versa), suggesting an assumed-similarity bias among parents. 100 0
