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Supplementary Materials: Children’s Generic Interpretation of Pretense
Materials used in Experiment 1
Animals
Objects
(Pretense
only)
Materials used in Experiment 2
Animals
Pretend
Non-
generic
Language
Objects
Pretend
Non-
generic
Language
2
Table 1: Counts of usable trials in Experiments 1 & 2
4 3 2 1 0
Experiment 1
Younger
Pretense
1
4 2 2 2 3
Non-generic Language
1
5 2 2 2 0
Older
Pretense
1
8 2 0 0 0
Non-generic Language
1
4 3 1 1 2
Experiment 2
Younger
Pretense 14 4 3 5
Non-generic Language 20 2 3 3
Older
Pretense 21 4 2 0
Non-generic Language 16 2 3 5
*Note: There was no fourth trial in Experiment 2.
Table 2: Counts of additional variables in Experiments 1 & 2
Valid
Responses
Irrelevant
Responses
Follow-Up
Questions
Total Trials
Experiment 1
Younger
Pretense 68 22 30 92
Non-generic Language 72 8 21 84
Total 140 30 51 176
Older
Pretense 78 8 5 80
Non-generic Language 68 19 21 84
Total 146 27 26 164
Grand Total 286 57 77 340
Experiment 2
Younger
Pretense 53 24 33 78
Non-generic Language 67 19 30 84
Total 12 43 63 162
Older
Pretense 73 13 16 81
3
Non-generic Language 55 26 38 78
Total 128 39 54 159
Grand Total 236 82 117 321
*Note: Numbers will not add up to the total column because of categorical overlap.