Afew days ago, hester's parents disciplined her because she refused to eat her green beans. today, when her parents announced that they were going to get a divorce, hester cried, "is it because i was bad? i'll be good! "

Hester's conclusion that her failure to eat her green beans is the reason her parents are getting divorced displays Hester's theory-theory. This scientific theory relates to the human development of understanding about the outside world.Theory-theory states that children naturally attempt to construct theories to explain their observations, like in the Hester's case.