Table 2.

Means (and Standard Deviations) for Emotion Ratings by Age, Outcome, and Character.

4/5 Yrs
	Pre-Outcome	Positive Outcome	Attenuated Outcome	Negative Outcome
High-Expectation Character	1.87 (1.13)	2.04 (1.14)	0.18 (1.17)	−1.50 (1.33)
Low-Expectation Character	−1.35 (1.14)	1.61 (1.43)	0.13 (1.19)	−1.49 (1.08)
No-Expectation Character	1.01 (1.20)	1.95 (1.11)	0.53 (1.25)	−1.17 (1.42)
6/7 Yrs
	Pre-Outcome	Positive Outcome	Attenuated Outcome	Negative Outcome
High-Expectation Character	1.96 (0.90)	2.50 (0.59)	−0.06 (0.89)	−2.33 (0.68)
Low-Expectation Character	−1.64 (1.04)	2.27 (0.77)	0.04 (0.90)	−1.98 (0.84)
No-Expectation Character	0.48 (1.01)	2.16 (0.85)	0.16 (0.90)	−1.71 (0.97)
8/10 Yrs
	Pre-Outcome	Positive Outcome	Attenuated Outcome	Negative Outcome
High-Expectation Character	2.29 (0.71)	2.66 (0.51)	−0.27 (0.73)	−2.41 (0.69)
Low-Expectation Character	−1.87 (0.98)	2.39 (0.68)	0.22 (0.75)	−1.34 (1.22)
No-Expectation Character	0.38 (0.81)	2.15 (0.85)	0.18 (0.61)	−1.24 (1.11)
Adults
	Pre-Outcome	Positive Outcome	Attenuated Outcome	Negative Outcome
High-Expectation Character	2.22 (0.69)	2.35 (0.65)	−1.09 (0.76)	−2.78 (0.38)
Low-Expectation Character	−2.00 (0.65)	2.67 (0.55)	0.47 (0.73)	−1.21 (0.77)
No-Expectation Character	0.10 (0.26)	1.70 (0.85)	0.11 (0.48)	−1.13 (0.76)

Note. Yrs = years.