Mental state reasoning has been theorized as a core feature of how we navigate our social
worlds, and as especially vital to moral reasoning. Judgments of moral wrong-doing and …

The present research examined the consequences of telling young children they have a
reputation for being smart. Of interest was how this would affect their willingness to resist the …

Children aged 4–7 years (N= 120) played four rounds of a find‐the‐sticker game. For each
round, an informant looked into two cups and made a claim about which cup held a sticker …

A large research literature details the powerful behavioral consequences that a trustworthy
appearance can have on adult behavior. Surprisingly, few studies have investigated how …

Adults use an individual's behavior in one moral subdomain to make inferences about how
they will act in another moral subdomain, reflecting a tendency to attribute underlying traits …

Children's moral reasoning in early childhood is dynamic, and requires coordination of
multiple social domains. Hierarchical Competing Systems Model (HCSM; Marcovitch & …

There is debate about the abstractness of young children's self‐concepts—specifically,
whether they include representations of (a) general traits and abilities and (b) the global self …

The ability to assess the value of the information one receives and the intentions of the
source of that information can be used to establish cooperative relationships and to identify …

Young children's reasoning about competence and achievement often seems out of step
with reality. For instance, after failing to solve four puzzles in a row, most 3-and 4-year-olds …

Adults often attribute internal dispositions to other people and down-play situational factors
as explanations of behavior. A few studies have addressed the origins of this proclivity, but …