TABLE 3.
Proportion of Children in Study 3 Giving Each Type of Response for All Measures (Averaged Over Story Type), as a Function of Category Information Given
| Younger Characters |
Older Characters |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puppy | Girl | Boy | Dog | Girl | Boy | |
| Severity | ||||||
| Very bad | .175 | .188 | .313 | .275 | .263 | .525 |
| A little bad | .475 | .475 | .575 | .600 | .588 | .400 |
| Not bad at all | .350 | .338 | .113 | .125 | .150 | .075 |
| Mental state inference | ||||||
| Yes | .225 | .325 | .525 | .338 | .488 | .638 |
| No | .775 | .675 | .475 | .663 | .513 | .363 |
| Stability inference | ||||||
| Yes | .638 | .388 | .675 | .788 | .488 | .700 |
| No | .363 | .613 | .325 | .213 | .513 | .300 |
| Explanation | ||||||
| Tried to | .325 | .463 | .663 | .425 | .325 | .375 |
| By accident | .675 | .538 | .338 | .575 | .675 | .625 |