Children and Their Parents Are Read a Story About Little

Multiple Choice

Children and their parents are read a story about little boy named Peter who let his sister's hamster, Tippy, out of his cage without first asking permission, as he knew he should. Tippy manages to escape Peter's grasp, and the family searches for 3 days before Tippy is finally found and returned to his cage. When children are asked to judge Peter and his actions, they tend to

A) ignore the fact that Peter's actions had a negative effect on the family.
B) rate Peter positively, because nothing really bad happened.
C) rate Peter negatively and predict their parents would judge Peter even more harshly than they did.
D) place the blame on the sister.