Table 1.
Mean percentage (standard deviation) of children who responded “yes” to the external sources on the test and follow-up questions in Study 1a
| Questions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | Taste | Health & Taste Combined |
Follow-up | |
| External Source | ||||
| Cartoon | 33 (39) | 33 (41) | 33 (40)b | 34 (41)c |
| Chair | 9 (24) | 7 (22) | 8 (23)b | 16 (32)c |
| Child | 50 (46) | 45 (45) | 48 (46) | 44 (45) |
| Clown | 36 (46) | 36 (46) | 36 (46) | 44 (47) |
| Mom | 70 (36) | 75 (38) | 73 (37)a | 57 (44) |
| Rock | 6 (21) | 11 (25) | 9 (23)b | 11 (28)c |
| Stranger | 33 (43) | 30 (44) | 31 (44)b | 36 (44) |
| Teacher | 66 (39) | 67 (39) | 67 (39)a | 58 (46) |
| M (SD) | 34 (37) | 34 (38) | 34 (37) | 38 (41) |
Note.
Children were significantly above chance on the mom and teacher, suggesting that children prefer to ask these sources about the evaluative status of foods, t’s(31) > 2, p’s = .00, .01.
Children were significantly below chance on the cartoon, chair, rock, and stranger, suggesting that children prefer not to ask these sources about the evaluative status of foods, t’s(31) > −14, p’s = .01, .00, .00, .01, respectively.
Children were significantly below chance on the cartoon, chair, and rock , suggesting that children believe that these sources are unknowledgeable about the researcher’s food-related thought and action, t’s(31) > −8, p’s = .03, .00, .00.