Table 1.

Preference for conformity coding categories.

Category	Forced choice selection	Explanation	Examples of explanations
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.”
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.”
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.”