Constructivism

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This page provides some supplemental resources pertaining to the Week 7 Constructivism: Deep Dive class discussion.

Supplemental videos from Hamlin, Wynn, & Bloom (2007)

This movie shows the Helper habituation event in Experiments 1 and 3, in which the Climber attempts but fails to get up the hill and is helped to the top by the Helper (in this case the yellow triangle).

This movie shows the Hinderer habituation event in Experiments 1 and 3, in which the Climber attempts but fails to get up the hill and is pushed to the bottom by the Hinderer (in this case the blue square).

See https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06288

Supplemental videos from Hamlin et al. (2007)

This movie shows the test event in Experiments 1 and 3 in which the Climber looks around and moves to sit next to the yellow triangle.

This file contains Supplementary Video 4. This movie shows the test event in Experiments 1 and 3 in which the Climber looks around and moves to sit next to the blue square.

See https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06288

Animacy animations

Heider & Simmel (1944) animation

– Kenjirou (2010)

Simulation cited in Kominsky, Lucca, Thomas, Frank, & Hamlin (2022).

Simulation of abstract shape movement patterns that can trigger explanations in terms of animacy.

– Animation created by H.G. Nevarez and Brian Scholl, inspired by Heider & Simmel (1944)

Supplemental videos from Rakoczy, Warneken, & Tomasello (2008a)

– Rakoczy, Warneken, & Tomasello (2008b)

Supplemental videos from Lucca et al. (2025)

• OSF Project: https://osf.io/qntyd/
• Databrary volume: https://databrary.org/volume/1308

References

Hamlin, J. K., Wynn, K., & Bloom, P. (2007). Social evaluation by preverbal infants. Nature, 450, 557–559. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06288

Heider, F., & Simmel, M. (1944). An experimental study of apparent behavior. The American Journal of Psychology, 57, 243. https://doi.org/10.2307/1416950

Kenjirou. (2010). Heider and Simmel (1944) animation. Youtube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTNmLt7QX8E

Kominsky, J. F., Lucca, K., Thomas, A. J., Frank, M. C., & Hamlin, J. K. (2022). Simplicity and validity in infant research. Cognitive Development, 63, 101213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101213

Lucca, K., Yuen, F., Wang, Y., Alessandroni, N., Allison, O., Alvarez, M., … Hamlin, J. K. (2025). Infants’ social evaluation of helpers and hinderers: A large-scale, multi-lab, coordinated replication study. Developmental Science, 28, e13581. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13581

Rakoczy, H., Warneken, F., & Tomasello, M. (2008a). The sources of normativity: Young children’s awareness of the normative structure of games. Developmental Psychology, 44, 875–881. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.44.3.875

Rakoczy, H., Warneken, F., & Tomasello, M. (2008b, May). Supplemental Material for The sources of normativity: Young children’s awareness of the normative structure of games. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.44.3.875