Francesca Surace '25
This March, Fontbonne’s AP Psychology class, taught by Mr. Cleary, hosted an experiment. The experiment consisted of the student having to carry an egg around with them at all times for 12 days. The purpose of this was to see how well the students could take care of their egg and test attachment theory.
Mr. Cleary describes the experiment, “We do this every year to highlight some of the most important ideas we discuss in our developmental psychology unit. We put into practice theories of attachment, contact comfort, parenting styles, and important critical periods in early child development.”
The purpose of this experiment is for the students to treat the eggs like “children”: they have to decorate them, name them, and even create carriers for them. The students made Instagram accounts for the eggs and journal their entire day and their activities as proof that they are being taken care of. When the student is unable to watch the egg, they will appoint an eggsitter, and it could be anyone they trust. However, left unattended, teachers have opportunities to eggnap and hide the egg throughout the school. Sometimes, the students even drop and break their eggs, in which case Mr. Cleary would provide a replacement and deduct a point from the project.
Gianna Repole ‘23 shared her experience, “My egg was named Tony Yolk and we had the best time together. I was able to keep Tony alive for all of the days that I had him and I took him for car rides, to dance, to the store, and he was even babysat by his grandma. Overall, I think that not only did I have fun with Tony, but he had a fun life and the most eventful 12 days ever.”
Overall, it was a successful experiment and one that the students got a great experience out of. It is a favorable school-wide event that everyone gets to be involved in. It was something the students had fun with in an academically beneficial way. It was an eggcellent time!
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