The Batman Effect and Emotional Regulation
Kids with executive functioning issues often have trouble with emotional regulation or dealing with frustration. They may lose their temper or get frustrated quickly ...
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The Batman Effect, or the Rapunzel Effect, is a manipulation that helps children to step back from the situation and achieve some degree of what we call psychological distance. It's easier to recognize what is the right thing to do when you're not up close and personal yourself. When you're not the one who's struggling. In this example, it was an emotion regulation task where children were shown a prize they could play with, but the prize is locked away in a transparent box, and there's a set of keys to open the box. So we present children with a large keyring, and tell them that one of these keys is going to open this box, and if you can open it then you can play with the toy. And we tell them that it can get frustrating, because there are so many keys, and th...
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The Batman Effect, or the Rapunzel Effect, is a manipulation that helps children to step back from the situation and achieve some degree of what we call psychological distance. It's easier to recognize what is the right thing to do when you're not up close and personal yourself. When you're not the one who's struggling. In this example, it was an emotion regulation task where children were shown a prize they could play with, but the prize is locked away in a transparent box, and there's a set of keys to open the box. So we present children with a large keyring, and tell them that one of these keys is going to open this box, and if you can open it then you can play with the toy. And we tell them that it can get frustrating, because there are so many keys, and th...
