TABLE 2.

Percentage of children who gave the following explanations in response to the question “How did you know where the ball was?” in Experiment 1 (N = 114).

	Causal condition				Arbitrary condition
Explanations	3 yo	4 yo	5 yo	6 yo	3 yo	4 yo	5 yo	6 yo
No idea	90%	58.3%	43%	31%	81%	67%	33%	34%
Wrong idea	10%	8.3%	21%	25%	19%	33%	60%	41%
Correct explanation	0%	33.3%	36%	44%	0%	0%	7%	25%