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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2009 Mar;45(2):597–603. doi: 10.1037/a0014727

Table 1. The proportion of children in Experiment 1 choosing button B in response to the question “Which button makes [effect B]?”.

Condition Agency Probabilistic Effects Simultaneous Interventions Proportion of Children Choosing Button B
Focal Condition Yes Yes Yes 6/20 (30%)
Deterministic Effects Yes No Yes 17/20 (85%) **
Observed Effects No Yes Yes 18/20 (90%) ***
Independent Effects Yes Yes No 14/20 (70%) *

Fisher's exact test comparisons with Focal Condition:

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001