第1页According to a recent study,the idea of aging might look different through the eyes of little children. A good number of children aged three to five seemed to think that birthday parties were 26 for making people grow older. According to those kids,if people don't have a birthday party,they27 the same age.Developmental psychologist Jacqueline Woolley compiled two studies in which they tested children's understandingof aging by telling them stories. The researchers told them a story about a child who had no birthday party. Then,astory about a child who had two birthday parties. After hearing the stories, the children were asked to tell the age of each character.