User:Migagne

What is a "Weetag"? They are mentioned in some Psychology classes; including Educational Psychology. The "Weetags" are little men drawn with shapes. A "Weetag" can have any number of limbs and can be either drawn with a smile or a frown: Although, one thing remains the same with all "Weetags" and that is that all "Weetags" will have a head of the same shape as it's body. This distinciton can be discovered by a subject when they experience the "Weetags" experiment.

Conducting the "Weetags" Experiment Imagine a worksheet entitled "Weetags". Now imagine that there are 3 rows containing 4 stick men drawn in each row.

Oserving: The first row is entitled "These are all WEETAGS..." The "Weetags" have some differences: some have smiles, some have frowns. They can have either 2, 3, or 4 legs. But what of their similarities? They all have 3 buttons drawn on their and all have 4 arms. Also, each "Weetag" whether drawn with a body shaped as a circle, pear, tringle, or oval... HAS A HEAD OF THE IDENTICAL SHAPE AS ITS BODY.

The second row is entitled "These are not WEETAGS..." To determine what sets apart the "Weetags" from the "Non-Weetags" we need to single out the characteristic that applies only to "Weetags". Of the "Non-Weetags" there are several with 4 arms and they all have 3 buttons. Here's the clencher: The "Non-Weetags" all have heads that are of a different shape than their bodies!

Therefore, it is safe to presume that a WEETAG will always have a head of the same shape as its body!

The third row, completing the experiment and testing for observation, then asks "Which of these are WEETAGS?" If the subject can make the distinction between what IS and what ISN'T a WEETAG then the subject would choose only the stick men drawn with a head of the same shape as it's body. The process of the WEETAGS experiment thus includes observation, process of elimination, finding differences and similarities, and the ability to group items.