Table 1.

Experiment 1: Mean Accuracy (Standard Deviations) of Categorizing Items Into Food Categories as a Function of Age

		4-year-olds	7-year-olds	Adults
Taxonomic
	Beverages	.87 (.028)	1.00 (0)	1.00 (0)
	Bread and grains	.56 (.025)	.59 (.027)	.93 (.017)
	Dairy	.68 (.030)	.78 (.025)	.78 (.025)
	Fruit	.84 (.023)	1.00 (0)	.96 (.012)
	Meat	.78 (.031)	1.00 (0)	.96 (.012)
	Vegetables	.71 (.031)	.90 (.020)	.93 (.017)
Script
	Breakfast	.68 (.040)	.81 (.025)	.62 (.034)
	Lunch	.59 (.037)	.93 (.017)	.96 (.012)
	Dinner	.71 (.036)	1.00 (0)	.93 (.017)
	Birthday	.87 (.022)	.96 (.012)	.96 (.012)
	Dessert	.75 (.031)	.87 (.022)	.90 (.020)
	Snack	.68 (.035)	.84 (.030)	.81 (.030)
Evaluative
	Healthy	.56 (.030)	.75 (.036)	.90 (.020)
	Junky	.71 (.036)	.78 (.036)	.96 (.012)

Note. Four-year-olds and 7-year-olds were above chance on all of the taxonomic foods except breads and grains, ts(15) >2, ps <.05. Adults were above chance on all of the taxonomic foods, ts(15) >4, ps <.05. Four-year-olds were above chance on all of the script foods except breakfast and lunch, ts (15) >2, ps <.05. Seven-year-olds were above chance on all of the script foods, ts(15) >4, ps < .05. Adults were above chance on all of the script foods except for breakfast foods, ts(15) >3, ps < .05. Seven-year-olds and adults were above chance on both the healthy and junky foods, ts(15) >2, ps < .05. Four-year-olds were above chance on junky evaluative foods, but not on healthy evaluative foods, t(15) = 2.40, p < .05.