A fun challenge! (3of3) [Official poll thread of the Three Words game]

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Hi everyone!

The following is the third of a series of three fun and informative psychological tests. A brief recap of the previous story line (Including the prologue and the first two psychological tests) has been provided for your convenience:

(Reading this part is optional):

Prologue and the first psychological test

Let's pretend that you are a sleeping baby wrapped in a warm yellow blanket inside a basket and for whatever reason, you were left at someone's front door. When the caring person opens the door, they find you and take you inside their home. It is not evident to the person whether you are a boy or a girl. ... After the caring person takes you inside, you start crying. After a brief moment, the caring person realizes that you need a diaper change. In the basket, the person finds some fresh diapers. When the caring person undoes your used diaper, the person is surprised to realize that you do not have any definitive genitalia - The person can't tell if you are a boy or a girl. Until your parents can be found, the person has to keep you entertained. It just so happens that the caring person is also a psychologist. The person decides to set up a test (This one being the first of three tests) that may assist the person in helping you to determine, from a psychological standpoint, your gender.

The person has prepared a room by clearing it of all items except for two piles of toys. One pile of toys consisting of a puzzle of a truck, a baseball and a dinosaur are geared towards boys while another pile of toys consisting of a doll, a kitchen playset, and a pink toy car are geared towards girls. The pile of boys' toys are placed on the left side of the room while the pile of girls' toys are placed on the right side of the room. The person carries you into the test room, places you on the floor and carefully observes as you toddle over to the pile of toys with which you feel like playing.

Note: For those viewers following the Three Words game, You already know the synopsis of the current story. Now you get to decide (via vote) what kinds of toys (Boys' or girls') the giant baby will choose! ... The results of this test (poll) will provide Batman with a clue or strong indication as to what gender the baby's mind may be psychologically categorized. [The First test (poll) is now closed].


Second psychological test

In the past, studies for determining any difference in the color preferences of the different male and female genders have been conducted on adult subjects which resulted in the formation of generalizations (Not absolute truths) about the observed differences (See the following articles) -> https://www.colormatters.com/color-s...er-differences and https://blog.kissmetrics.com/gender-and-color/?wide=1). As those studies are based on adult subjects and not on observed child subjects as they grow throughout the first few years of their childhood, the Nature (Genetic and psychological based behavior) theory versus Nurture (Environment and experience based behavior) theory argument is not really applicable. Over the years there have been some studies of babies from age 0 to 3 years old for color preferences and the academic community has been divided among themselves attributing the results to nature versus nurture. Rather than examine the contrasting views which champion each theory as the reason behind the exhibited behavior in the babies, perhaps a better perspective can be obtained by following the fairly recent research (From 2012 to 2013) with babies done by Dr. Anne Fausto-Sterling, a professor of Biology and Gender Studies at Brown University. According to Dr. Fausto-Sterling, the Nature vs Nuture dichotomy is outdated. She asserts that both Nature and Nurture actually work together to help determine a child's gender. She notes how a child's preferences for color develops as the child grows (See the paragraph in the following article that begins as "My research shows that, even at a young age, “nature” and “nurture” already interact. The first three years of a child’s life mark a period of extraordinary brain development and synapse growth. ...") -> http://www.footnote1.com/where-does-gender-come-from/.

For practical purposes, this test (poll) will be based upon the above mentioned adult studies concerning observed differences in color preferences based on gender. IMHO, This is more appropriate for this particular challenge since all of the members here are supposedly adults (There are no real babies aged zero to three years old here whose home environment can be observed during the time as they would have supposedly participated in this color preference challenge).

As you are preoccupied in play with the pile of toys, the caring person records your choice, quietly goes into a second room and prepares it by removing any items inside. The person then places two sets of four square cards with different colored circles on opposite sides of the wall located across from that room's entrance. The set of four cards on the left side of the wall has respectively, a yellow circle, a red circle, a circle of cool colors and a half yellow over half orange circle. The set of four cards on the right side of the wall has respectively, an orange circle, a blue circle, a circle of bright colors and a half orange over half yellow circle. The caring person then quietly returns to the first room and waits patiently. When you are no longer interested in playing with the pile of toys anymore, the caring person carries you out of the first room, into the entrance of the second room and then gently places you down on the floor. Bewildered, You look around and see three empty walls and the wall with the two sets of cards. Your eyes focus on both sets of the color cards. The person observes as you toddle over to one set of cards that appears to captivate you.

Note: For those viewers following the Three Words game, You already know the synopsis of the current story. Now you get to decide (via vote) at which set of colors the giant baby would visually prefer. The results of this test (poll) will further provide Batman with another clue or strong indication as to what gender the baby's mind may be psychologically categorized. [The Second test (poll) is now closed].


Third psychological test

(Reading this part is optional):

Scientists have long theorized that the male and female minds are inherently different (The brains of the two genders are "Wired" differently). To validate this theory, a psychological study was conducted by Professor Peter McLeod of Oxford University which involved ten boys and ten girls who all had to navigate the Marlborough hedge maze in Blenheim Palace, Yorkshire in a competition to see who would reach its center first (View the linked video below for the full details). The boys' brains were found to be spatially aware. Upon seeing an overview of the entire maze, the boys appear to have a general sense ("The big picture") of where they need to go in order to reach the center. The girls' brains were found to be more focused on specific details (Landmarks) within the maze. Despite having also seen an overview of the entire maze, the girls appeared to follow a series of directions in their minds, navigating from landmark to landmark, in order to reach the center. It should be noted that the landmarks in the maze were identically shaped making it difficult to navigate the entire maze going only by specific landmarks since they all looked alike. The boys reached the center of the maze before the girls. The study showed that in general, the minds of the different genders inherently function in different ways.

Note: For those viewers following the Three Words game, You already know the synopsis of the current story. Now you get to decide (via vote) at whether the baby will arrive at the center of the hedge maze at the same time as the robot or afterwards, at a later time. The results of this test (poll) will provide Batman with a final clue or strong indication as to what gender the baby's mind may be psychologically categorized.


In the second room, the caring person makes a note of the color cards located on the right side of the wall which mesmerizes you. The caring person steps out of the second room for thirty minutes and then returns. When you are no longer interested in looking at the color cards, the caring person carries you outside into the back of his house where an elaborate circular shaped maze composed of grass hedges is situated. The walls of the maze just tower over your own height. On one side of the maze, there is a mechanical platform. The caring person steps inside the mechanical platform while still carrying you and uses the control panel within it to raise the platform to a height so that it overlooks the entire layout of the maze. The caring person supports you up by your armpits in front of him with you facing the entire layout of the maze. You can see that there are identically shaped landmarks strategically placed inside the maze. In the center of the maze is one of the toys that you momentarily played with, painted in one of the color schemes that interested you at one moment during the second test. At an entrance opposite the platform on the far side of the maze, a toddler sized version of the latest Atlas robot can be seen. The robot has been programmed to analyze a map of the entire hedge maze which has been stored in a database on its hard drive. It essentially has a "Big picture" of the entire maze. It has also been programmed to travel at the same speed as an average human toddler boy and must navigate obstacles like walls and turns using its two built in cameras, multiple robotic collision detection sensors and multiple hydraulic actuators in order to reach the center. You see the entire maze with the tempting toy in the center. Afterwards, the caring person lowers the mechanical platform and places you down at the entrance of the maze located on the near side, next to the platform. The caring person then steps back into the mechanical platform and raises it up. He watches as you begin to toddle off into the maze, determined to reach the center where the colorful toy is located. Simultaneously, the robot begins to navigate the maze from the far entrance.

Please view the below video first (Please pay close attention to the information being conveyed within it) and then decide for yourself whether you will arrive at the center of the maze at the same time as the Atlas robot or will you arrive later after the robot has already reached it.

An inside view of the hedge maze as seen from the baby's (Your) perspective.

Isometric (Top) overview of the hedge maze. Note: The Atlas robot, the raised mechanical platform, the orb shaped landmarks and the red painted baseball (Placed in the center) are not shown in true scale.






The red painted baseball placed in the center of the maze.






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