TABLE 1.
Number of free-response explanations by explanation type and behavior type (Experiment 1).
| Explanation type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavior type | Goal | Action | Outcome | Event | Temporary state | Disposition | Stimulus attribute | Sum |
| Action | 28 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 60 | 38 | 34 | 184 |
| Outcome | 2 | 12 | 48 | 34 | 21 | 47 | 14 | 178 |
| Evaluation | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 102 | 185 |
| Emotion | 6 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 80 | 175 |
| Event | 0 | 12 | 24 | 98 | 27 | 9 | 21 | 191 |
| Sum | 39 | 28 | 88 | 203 | 158 | 146 | 251 | 913 |
A total of N = 1000 free-response explanations were generated across all behavior descriptions and all participants.