Table 2.

Comparisons of transcriptions of the verbal responses between the first and the second measurements that were recorded to the question “How do you expect the story of the cat to turn out if Junko and her father discuss the cat? ” which was asked in the inventory of social perspective-taking.

Group	Participant code	1st	2nd
Experimental	A*	Junko will climb up the tree.	The cat will helped by Junko.
	B*	The cat will be helped by Junko.	I think she should not climb up because it is dangerous.
	C	The cat will be helped by a fire truck equipped with a ladder.	Her father will permit Junko to help the cat if she takes adequate care.
	D*	Junko should have climbed with the help of a ladder.	Her father will help the cat with the use of a ladder.
	E	Having no other option, Junko will climb up the tree.	Her father will permit Junko to climb up the tree and take the cat down.
	F	Her father will bring a ladder, climb on it, and help the cat.	Her father will ask someone to bring a ladder, climb on it and help the cat.
	G	They will discuss the way to help the cat.	The cat should have been saved. Maybe her father will be able to climb.
	H	Her father helped the cat!	Her father will attempt to help the cat, maybe, by climbing on something like a ladder.
	I*	I think the cat will possibly be helped because Junko will climb up the tree.	I think the cat will be helped by Junko’s climbing up the tree.
Control	J	Junko will climb up the tree, and her father will keep watching her actions.	The cat will be helped by Junko.
	K	Her father will climb up the tree.	Junko will warn the cat about its action, and ask her father for permission to climb up to it.
	L	I believe her father will permit Junko to climb. Otherwise, he will climb up by himself.	I think Junko would help the cat.
	M+	I think her father will call for a fire truck.	Her father will change his mind and permit calling for a fire truck.
	N*	Junko will be permitted to climb up the tree.	As she promised her father, helping the cat will be OK.
	O	Her father will allow her to help the cat.	The cat will be OK because Junko will help it.
	P	Her father will bring a ladder and help the cat.	Her father will bring a ladder and help the cat.

Asterisk denotes participants whose scores increased at the second testing, + denotes participant whose scores decreased at the second testing.