In a Study of Three-Year-Olds by Louis Moses and John

Multiple Choice

In a study of three-year-olds by Louis Moses and John Flavell, the children were shown a videotape in which a girl named Cathy found some crayons in a bag. When Cathy left the room briefly, a clown entered the room. The clown removed the crayons from the bag, hid them in a drawer, and put rocks in the bag instead. When Cathy returned, the children were asked what Cathy thought the bag contained. Most of the three-year-olds answered that the bag contained _____.

A) more crayons than rocks
B) rocks
C) equal number of crayons and rocks
D) crayons