Table 1.

Mean Number of Trials in which Participants Chose the Authentic Objects

	Preschoolers	Kindergartners	1^st Graders	4^th Graders	Adults
Famous Associations
Belongs in a Museum	2.44 ^*	2.83 ^**	2.77 ^**	3.78 ^**	3.86 ^**
Want to Have	1.95	2.33	2.32	2.13	2.24 ^*
Significant difference between the dimensions	⁺			⁺⁺	⁺⁺

Original Creations
Belongs in a Museum	1.72	2.83 ^*	3.07 ^**	4.00 ^**	3.95 ^**
Want to Have	1.30 ^**	1.21 ^**	1.27 ^**	1.13 ^**	1.72 ^*
Significant difference between the dimensions	⁺	⁺⁺	⁺⁺	⁺⁺	⁺⁺

Personal Associations
Belongs in a Museum	2.13	2.00	2.46	3.48 ^**	3.21 ^**
Want to Have	2.12	2.00	2.32	2.83 ^**	3.35 ^**

Significant difference between the dimensions

p <.05,

^**

p <.01 significantly different from chance (.5);

⁺

p <.05,

⁺⁺

p <.01 significant difference between dimensions