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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Cogn Dev. 2004 Aug;5(3):359–382. doi: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0503_4

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
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