Response Averages
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Across Q1 and Q2 Averages:
Age Brackets: (5-6 years; 7-8 years)
Injury explanations used more in older kids, but not significantly
Inheritance explanations used significantly more in older kids
Behavior explanations used more in younger kids
Condition-First and Person First labels had no significant influence on essentialist reasoning in responses.
Inheritance Stats (Yes, No, Maybe)
Older kids tend to answer question more with yes
Older kids used Maybe as an answer more
Across conditions, children had the similar amounts of yes, no, or maybe answers
Kids were more likely to answer yes for healthy and height
Kids were more likely to answer Maybe for dyslexia
Kids were more likely to answer no for broken arm and flu
Reasoning by Vignette
Inheritance reasoning is less in broken arm, depression, flu, and healthy
Illness reasoning significantly used in flu
Injury reasoning significantly used in broken arm and physical and less for depression
Behavior reasoning significantly used in healthy
Only Vignette influenced essentialist reasonings.
Only Vignette influenced essentialist reasonings.
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