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What is a question I can ask people in different stages of life (i.e. 7-year-old and a middle aged), which will trigger different responses?

I'll elaborate:...

I'm taking a human development class, and we're supposed to interview people at different stages of development. We need to come up with a question that will be answered differently depending on the age group being asked.

An example: What is your definition of a friend?

Obviously a seven year old will answer that differently than a middle aged person.

Any ideas? Thanks!!
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October 21, 2009 07:27 PM
What is your view of God?

Religion, what is it?

What is your idea of a Family?

Who would you define success?

What are your priorities?

Who is your hero?

Why is education important?
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• I especially like the "Why is education important?" question... I feel like young kids will DEFINITELY have some pretty funny answers to that one..


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October 21, 2009 07:02 AM
What time do you like to go to bed?

What is your favorite thing to eat?

What last made you cry?

What caused the worst pain you ever felt?

Do you have any scars?

What is the most important thing you ever did? << I like this one!
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my imagination


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October 21, 2009 07:47 AM
You could ask anything you could think of. I'm sure that no matter what you asked, the range of responses you would get would differ immensely.

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October 21, 2009 11:03 AM
do you like certain foods / drinks (coffee, beer, carrots,)?

do you like any girls/boys ?

how old do you wish you could be?

I hope these help !

Thanks Mike !

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October 21, 2009 02:11 PM
Who is Mike?

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October 21, 2009 06:48 PM
Romeo is Mike

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October 21, 2009 07:17 PM
Thanks, Mike! (double-intent intended)

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October 21, 2009 01:53 PM
What is happiness?

What is your dream job?

What is a hero?

What is your idea of the perfect day?

Where do rainbows come from?

Do you like naps? (or How do you feel about naps?)

What is the best cartoon character in the world?

What is your favorite type of music?

What makes you laugh the most?

What's the best joke you ever heard?

What are stars made of?

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October 21, 2009 02:15 PM
What is love?

I think that would be a good question, maybe slightly rephrased.

But it is a question about something we definitely learn a lot about or even just our opinion changes the older we get.

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October 21, 2009 03:36 PM
I don't know how you'd phrase the question, but one of the biggest differences in people at different life stages is how they experience time and see the future.

When you're young, whatever you might know abstractly, time seems endless, and ageing and mortality are things that you can't really imagine happening to you, or even to your loved ones.

You might try questions like these...

- What is the best age to be?

- When does a person become really grown up?

- What are your hopes for the future?

- What are some things that you find hard to do?

- What matters most to you?

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October 21, 2009 07:15 PM
T'anks, philipy! Those are the ones that immediately came to my mind, too.

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October 21, 2009 04:10 PM
When I took a developmental psychology class, the question we had the most fun with was, "Can you become the opposite sex?" The idea of permanace of sex doesn't set in until a child is two to four years old, so asking a girl if she can be a boy and vice versa gets a lot of laughs, but when you get to the older kids most say no. Adults had many answers that had more to do with beliefs than biology and some were very interesting. The other question I got a bit of enjoyment out of was " Do you think you are old?" I was rather suprised with the results.

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October 21, 2009 04:50 PM
Why should our next president be elected?

I think this is a good question because politics is an issue that is talked about in every home, even homes of non-voters. Young children hear their parents and grandparents talk and will either mimic their views or form their own opinions (in a home where there is more than one view). Older kids and teens will form their own opinions. In my home, my children are politically aware. We discuss issues seen on the news. I allow for their own opinions and am sometimes surprised at how in tune they are no matter what their opinion is.
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personal opinion


Tags: politics, voting, political, issues

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October 21, 2009 05:30 PM
Where to babies come from?

How many people are there in the world?

Who is the greatest person on the planet?

Are there such things as aliens?

Are there such things as ghosts?

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

What was the last thing that made you cry?

How old is "old"?

What is a good time for a bed time?

What is the saddest thing you've ever seen?

How old should a person be to drive a car?

What is the greatest song you've ever heard?

What is the greatest job in the whole world?

What do your favorite socks look like?

I vote for something a little whimsical and fun, nothing too deep. Philosophically sure they will have wide differences, but aren't the most interesting differences the little everyday ones? Things like socks and ghosts?

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October 21, 2009 07:01 PM
What do you want for Christmas?

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October 21, 2009 07:37 PM
What do you consider your greatest achievement.
What is your favorite hobby.
Do you enjoy music.
How old are you (sorry couldn't help myself)
What is your biggest fear.
What is your biggest goal.
What do you love to do?

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October 21, 2009 08:01 PM
What is the most amazing story you've ever heard/read?
What would you wear to a fancy party?
If you could meet anyone in the world, who would it be?
What is the wisest advice you can offer?

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October 21, 2009 08:09 PM
What is most important to you?

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October 21, 2009 08:47 PM
What is heaven?
What do you want to be when you grow up? ha ha!
What do you like? dislike?
If you could change one thing about the world what would it be?
How many true friends do you have?
What is family to you?
Where will you be in five years?
What makes you happiest?
What is the hardest thing you ever did?
What was the worst accident you ever had?
What is the silliest thing you have ever done?
Is there life after death?
What makes the sky blue?

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October 21, 2009 09:34 PM
"Where Do You Want to Wake Up Tomorrow?"

or, "If you could wake up anywhere tomorrow, where would it be?"

There was a video project done at the beginning of the year that asked that one question to 50 different people in a variety of cities.
http://vimeo.com/askyourself/videos
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http://vimeo.com/askyourself/videos


Tags: life, dreams, questions

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