Table 1.
Category | Forced choice selection | Explanation | Examples of explanations |
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High conformity | High conformity child | Participant provided explanation for selecting high conformity child that was consistent with forced choice selection. Often these explanations mentioned the child’s conformity or provided normative reasoning. | “She was able to completely duplicate the adult’s actions.” “Watched the teacher and made the same.” |
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Low conformity | Low conformity child | Participant provided explanation for selecting low conformity child that was consistent with forced choice selection. Often these explanations mentioned the child’s deviation from the adult’s demonstration. | “[She] shows thinking on her own and outside of the box, not doing what everyone else does.” “She used all of the beads.” |
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No preference | Either child | Participant indicated that they would like to select both children, that both children are smart/well-behaved, or that they could not evaluate who fit the trait based on the task. | “They are both smart.” “Both children sat quietly and completed the task.” “This task is not an assessment of intelligence.” |