**Links to Pre-Registrations:** ------------------------------ - **Study 1:** https://aspredicted.org/t36ua.pdf - **Study 2:** https://aspredicted.org/3pt2w.pdf - **Study 3:** https://aspredicted.org/zm64n.pdf - **Study 4:** https://aspredicted.org/tc3p6.pdf - **Study 5:** https://aspredicted.org/cc6ip.pdf _____________________________________________________________ **The 16 Vignettes Used in Experiments 1-5** ------------------------ *Note that the gender of the children in the story were matched to participant gender, and there were four different counterbalance orders. **Wealth Vignettes** • This is Jessica. This is Rebecca. Jessica has lots of things. Jessica has lots of toys to play with, food to eat, and a place to live. Rebecca does not have very many things. Rebecca only has one toy, does not have a lot of food to eat, and does not have a place to live. • This is Clarissa. This is Kristin. Clarissa only has one shirt and one pair of pants and she doesn’t have many toys. Kristin has new clothes every month and she always has the newest toy. • This is Emily. This is Amy. Emily goes on vacation with her family every month to a new place, where they get to do a lot of fun activities. Last spring break they went to Disneyworld. Amy and her family don’t go on vacation because her parents have to work all the time. Last spring break Amy stayed home and watched tv. • This is Karen. This is Lydia. Karen has a lot of food to eat and brings her own food to school. Karen has lots of snacks and never goes hungry. Lydia doesn’t have a lot of food to eat outside of school food. Lydia does not have snacks to bring to school and is often hungry. **Physical Dominance Vignettes** • This is Zoe. This is Sydney. Zoe is stronger than Sydney. Zoe and Sydney like to play tug of war and try to get the rope closest to them. Since Zoe is stronger, she always wins and gets the rope. • This is Mariah. This is Kate. Both Mariah and Kate are playing tetherball. Mariah is bigger and stronger than Kate. Because Mariah is bigger, she can grab the ball and always wins the game. • This is Beth. This is Grace. Grace is taller than Beth. Both Beth and Grace really wanted to read a book on a tall shelf and tried to get it. Because Grace is taller, she was able to grab the book and read it. Beth didn’t get to read the book. • This is Rachel. This is Anna. Rachel and Anna are playing a game of basketball. Rachel is short and weak. Anna is tall and strong. Since Anna is tall and strong she can always block Rachel from making baskets and always wins the game. **Decision Making Power Vignettes** • This is Lucy. This is Diana. Lucy and Diana like to play games. Lucy wanted to play hide and go seek and Diana wanted to play tag. They talked about it and decided to play hide and go seek like Lucy wanted. On another day they wanted a snack and Lucy wanted pretzels, but Diana wanted goldfish. They talked it over and decided to eat pretzels like Lucy wanted. • This is Sandra. This is Carrie. Sandra doesn’t get to choose what she’ll play because Carrie always decides for her. Carrie always gets to decide what games people will play during playtime, and Carrie always wants to play catch. Sandra and Carrie play catch. • This is Cassandra. This is Maddy. Cassandra wanted to go outside and play tag. Maddy wanted to stay inside and read a book. Maddy asked Cassandra if they could read books, but Cassandra said they were playing tag. Both Cassandra and Maddy played tag because Cassandra said so. • This is Tara. This is Helen. Tara and Helen wanted to eat a snack. Tara wanted chips, but Helen wanted to eat Oreos. Tara doesn’t get to choose what to eat because Helen always decides. Since Helen wanted oreos, Tara and Helen ate oreos. **Prestige Vignettes** • This is Debbie. This is Mackenzie. Both Debbie and Mackenzie sometimes draw pictures. Almost no one watches Debbie draw or looks at Debbie’s pictures. Lots of people watch Mackenzie draw pictures and look at her pictures. Debbie and Mackenzie also like to build with blocks. No one watches Debbie build with blocks, but lots of people watch Mackenzie build with blocks. • This is April. This is Stacey. April told everyone apples were better than oranges, and other kids now prefer to eat apples. Stacey told everyone that oranges were better than apples, but no one started eating oranges. April also told everyone that goldfish was better than pretzels, but Stacey told everyone that pretzels were better than goldfish. Everyone decided to eat goldfish like April said. • This is Paige. This is Courtney. Paige used the paper cone as a nose, but no one saw Paige because they were only watching Courtney. Courtney used a paper cone as a hat, and other kids started watching her play with the paper cone. Because Courtney used it as a hat, other kids decided to use the paper cone as a hat. None of the kids used the paper cone as a nose. • This is Claire. This is Hailey. Claire and Hailey like to read books out loud. Both Claire and Hailey told their class that they were going to read a book. No one listened to Claire read out loud. Lots of people went to listen to Hailey read out loud. [Example Pictures of Vignettes][1] [1]: https://osf.io/258xp/