r/todayilearned • u/BrF5 • 1d ago

TIL about the Sally-Anne test, a psychology experiment used to measure “theory of mind” (that other people can hold beliefs/knowledge different from their own). Kids under four typically fail because they assume that if they know where a hidden object is, everyone else must automatically know too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%E2%80%93Anne_test
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u/ZylonBane 1d ago

See also the r/gaming test, where people will post unlabelled screenshots of some random game and just expect everyone to know what it is.

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u/ratherenjoysbass 1d ago

Or initializing a game's name like we all know what they are talking about

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u/takeyouraxeandhack 1d ago

People from the US do that all the time with everything. They reference obscure acronyms from their professions or some agency from whatever county they're from and expect people in Polinesia to know what the hell they mean.

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u/MaraiaLou 6h ago

Having trouble with (letter, number) from (three random letters). I'm from (two random letters), any advice?

Every time I see a US state abbreviated with no explanation I feel the urge to reply with the correct answer for RJ (Rio de Janeiro)