Table 1.

Participants’ preference and constraint strength judgments on the test trial for Studies 1 and 2

	Preference Judgment about Final Constrained Actor (% said “yes”)			Constraint Strength Judgment (% said “really hard”)
Narrative Condition	Children (Study 1a)	Adults (Study 1b)	Adults (Study 2)	Children (Study 1a)	Adults (Study 1b)	Adults (Study 2)
Persistence (Successful)	71%	46%	47%	45%	54%	20%
Persistence (Failed)	61%	53%	67%	90%	77%	17%
No Persistence Attempts	42%	6%	20%	77%	67%	17%
No Persistence Required	23%	9%	13%	81%	57%	20%