Telephone Game

[Ken]

Does anyone have experience with the “Telephone” game? Where a group of about 8 people sit in a row or circle and the first person silently reads a sentence or phrase from a piece of paper. Then they whisper what they read to the person sitting next to them. Then that person whispers what they heard to the next and so on to the last person. The last person then recites or writes what they heard which is then compared to the original sentence or phrase on the paper. Typically, the two are wildly different.

I just wonder if the results would be more or less accurate if the entire group was Aspies?

Your thoughts?

 

[BraidedPony]

When we played that game in first grade, i changed the words on purpose!

 

[tree]

We played that game in elementary school.
The whole room played, so about 30 kids.
Where I went to school, it wasn't called "Telephone."
The name of the game was "Gossip."

 

[Crossbreed]

I just wonder if the results would be more or less accurate if the entire group was Aspies?

Your thoughts?

I think that it would be more accurate, if

1. the message was short/uncomplicated enough,
2. it wasn't too close to a person's special interest, and
3. the Aspies in question had good auditory memory (not all of us do).

 

[Pats]

Kind of like this - but this is actions and it's hilarious.

 

[SusanLR]

We played that in grade school too.
It was supposed to be a lesson in gossip and yes, what was on the paper that actually started the
passing on the message, ended up nothing like it in the end.

I always thought somewhere along the line somebody probably changed it on purpose.

I think it would be more accurate with Aspies since we tend to take everything seriously and
matter of factly. At least I do.
But, even with us, there probably would still be someone in the group thinking it funny to change it
purposely.

Mr. Spock beam down ten Vulcans so we can get a serious circle!

 

[Crossbreed]

I always thought somewhere along the line somebody probably changed it on purpose.

When we played that game in first grade, i changed the words on purpose!

Now, you know...!

 

[Suzanne]

I did it a couple of times, but too stressed to remember the words. Being a perfectionist is a huge trial.

 

[Streetwise]

Does anyone have experience with the “Telephone” game? Where a group of about 8 people sit in a row or circle and the first person silently reads a sentence or phrase from a piece of paper. Then they whisper what they read to the person sitting next to them. Then that person whispers what they heard to the next and so on to the last person. The last person then recites or writes what they heard which is then compared to the original sentence or phrase on the paper. Typically, the two are wildly different.

I just wonder if the results would be more or less accurate if the entire group was Aspies?

Your thoughts?

don’t like it.

 

[George Newman]

People with autistic traits can be witty, clever, and spontaneous.

I think that anytime adults attempt this game, variation will be the outcome. That was the fun part of the game.

On the other hand my dear mother whom I dearly love with all my heart can tell me a story one day and forget she told me and two days later the story is ten-times better and more interesting.

We embellish the truth. Most of us are liars and are dishonest.

We have to work very hard to be true to ourselves and those around us. Truth and honesty is virtuous and something we should all strive for. This includes myself too.

Another great topic. Thank you for posting it.

 

[tree]

When we played this game in elementary school the idea was just
that stories passed along quickly, person to person, by whispering,
can be misunderstood. Nobody was trying to change the story
to be funny or clever.

What we derived from the game was that it's important to be
clear with what you say and how you say it. Otherwise,
what you hear in the end can be very different from
what you intended.

 

[George Newman]

When we played this game in elementary school the idea was just
that stories passed along quickly, person to person, by whispering,
can be misunderstood. Nobody was trying to change the story
to be funny or clever.

What we derived from the game was that it's important to be
clear with what you say and how you say it. Otherwise,
what you hear in the end can be very different from
what you intended.

This was my experience in primary school as well. We were innocent to a degree and the game was fun.