Table 6.
Ratings Task, Percentage of Respondents Reporting Zero, One, Two, or Three Causal Factors for Each Characteristic, Presented Separately for Adults and Children
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| G only | E only | C only | G, E only | G, C only | E, C only | GEC | (none) | ||
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| Adults | Height | 89 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Literacy | 7 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 33 | 11 | |
| Food selection | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 7 | |
| Intelligence | 23 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| Athleticism | 34 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 1 | |
| Niceness | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 30 | 0 | |
| Children | Height | 41 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Literacy | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 58 | 1 | |
| Food selection | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 41 | 0 | |
| Intelligence | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 4 | |
| Athleticism | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 56 | 6 | |
| Niceness | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 54 | 2 | |
Note. Participants were categorized as endorsing genetic (G), environmental (E), and/or choice (C) causes if they attributed a non-zero score for that causal factor. Percentages in bold italics indicate modal responses.