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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Sci. 2013 Mar 14;37(3):592–604. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12031

Table 1.

Coding Categories for Children’s Explanations

Explanation Examples
Belief “He doesn’t know there is a ball in there” “He thinks there is playdoh in there, but there isn’t.”
Mistake “He made a mistake.”
Desire “He wants playdoh.” “He loves to play with playdoh.”
Situational “There’s no playdoh there.” “It moved away.”
Don’t know (or no response) “I don’t know”