Don't worry - this is not a test.

  • Thread starter Thread starter honestrosewater
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Test
Click For Summary
SUMMARY

This discussion centers around a pair of images from a psychology book used in language experiments with toddlers, depicting Cookie Monster and Big Bird in playful scenarios. Participants analyze the images and their interpretations of 'tickling,' revealing humorous and adult-oriented perspectives. The conversation highlights the disconnect between childlike innocence and adult perceptions, with various interpretations of the characters' actions, including suggestions of inappropriate behavior. Ultimately, the discussion reflects on the nature of perception and humor in psychological studies.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of basic psychological research methods
  • Familiarity with child development and language acquisition
  • Knowledge of semiotics and cultural interpretation
  • Awareness of humor theory and adult perception of innocence
NEXT STEPS
  • Research toddler language acquisition techniques in psychology
  • Explore semiotics and its application in visual media analysis
  • Study humor theory and its impact on perception in adults
  • Investigate child psychology experiments involving visual stimuli
USEFUL FOR

Psychologists, educators, linguists, and anyone interested in the intersection of child development, perception, and humor in psychological studies.

What do these images suggest to you?

  • Two characters are tickling each other

    Votes: 2 8.0%
  • You know...

    Votes: 17 68.0%
  • I don't want to talk about it

    Votes: 4 16.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 2 8.0%

  • Total voters
    25
Science news on Phys.org
  • #33
Hmm..piece of the image on a pack of cigarettes of the Silk cut brand?

Or, is it perhaps a reference to the cut sleeve? :confused:
 
  • #34
arildno said:
Hmm..piece of the image on a pack of cigarettes of the Silk cut brand?

Or, is it perhaps a reference to the cut sleeve? :confused:
Yes, it's an ad for Silk Cut cigarettes. It's from a semiotics book (the study of signs, as in things used to repsent other things). Does the image not make you think of anything else?
 
  • #35
the cut sleeve, perhaps?
 
  • #37
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #38
wolram said:
I have a pure mind so that does not remind me of what i think.
:smile: :smile: Well, it reminds me of what you think.
 
  • #39
It reminds ME of the cut sleeve, whether that's pure or not.
 
  • #40
honestrosewater said:
:smile: :smile: Well, it reminds me of what you think.

Oh Heck, my leg has gone stiff, bye bye for now, i must exercise it.
 
  • #41
arildno said:
the cut sleeve, perhaps?
What is the cut sleeve? I found a book Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China (this was the first result), but no mention of what 'the cut sleeve' refers to.
hitssquad said:
Cultural deconstructionism = PPD.
Don't shoot the messenger. I didn't see it at first, but of course, now that I've heard her interpretation, I see it.
 
  • #42
honestrosewater said:
What is the cut sleeve? I found a book Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China (this was the first result), but no mention of what 'the cut sleeve' refers to.
It refers to one of the canonical gay love stories from ancient China:
An emperor is dozing with his male lover lying asleep, his head lying on the broad sleeve of the emperor's typical Chinese garment (VERY costly, presumably, since he was the emperor..).

A servant comes in, there is urgent business for the emperor to take care of, but because he doesn't want to disturb his lover's blissful sleep, he cuts of the sleeve of his garment, and leaves the room quietly.

So, the story became in time one those "how sweet! how tender!"-stories about love..
 
Last edited:
  • #43
arildno said:
It refers to one of the canonical gay love stories from ancient China:
An emperor is dozing with his male lover lying asleep, his head lying on the broad sleeve of the emperor's typical Chinese garment (VERY costly, presumably, since he was the emperor..).

A servant comes in, there is urgent business for the emperor to take care of, but because he doesn't want to disturb his lover's blissful sleep, he cuts of the sleeve of his garment, and leaves the room quietly.

So, the story became in time one those "how sweet! how tender!"-stories about love..
:smile: :smile:
 
  • #44
wolram said:
Oh Heck, my leg has gone stiff, bye bye for now, i must exercise it.
Is that a British expression for buffing the turtle?
 

Similar threads

  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
3K
Replies
17
Views
7K
  • · Replies 67 ·
3
Replies
67
Views
16K
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
10K