Table 3.

Partial correlations between theory of mind and morality variables for younger adults.

Variables	Lie	White lie	Double bluff	Irony	Persuasion	Total theory of mind
Trolley-classic 1	0.04	−0.04	0.31*	−0.06	0.07	0.11
Trolley-classic 2	0.13	0.00	0.21	−0.09	0.13	0.09
Footbridge-classic 1	−0.06	−0.05	0.14	−0.10	0.00	−0.01
Footbridge-classic 2	0.09	−0.08	0.11	−0.09	0.04	−0.01
Trolley-means 1	0.11	−0.02	−0.11	−0.03	0.08	−0.04
Trolley-means 2	0.02	−0.03	−0.01	−0.05	0.12	0.00
Trolley-side effect 1	0.10	0.04	−0.01	0.01	0.08	0.04
Trolley-side effect 2	0.02	−0.01	0.02	0.03	0.10	0.04
Helping behavior 1	−0.07	0.03	0.21	0.06	−0.03	0.11
Helping behavior 2	0.14	0.04	0.08	0.10	−0.07	0.08

Partial correlations controlling age were calculated for younger adults.

^*p < 0.05.