"I was wondering if I could get your advice on something," Barbie asked, before explaining that she and her friend were not speaking with each other following an argument. It also infers, to the child at least, that the Barbie is capable of real emotions and feelings. One conversation described by The Times shows the doll's ability to speak about complex concepts, like relationships. "It is very hard for to distinguish what is real from what is not real," said Doris Bergen, professor of educational psychology at Miami University in Ohio. ![]() However, that's not to say it couldn't fool a six-year-old child.
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